Mr Bergmann, 2010/3/31 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>: [...] >> The function update_sb(), invoked by remount(), seems already well serialized >> with &root->d_inode->i_mutex. Moreover don't seems there are others >> super_operations functions in USB core for usbfs that should access to >> super_block in a way which require BKL. > > There is a patch from Jan Blunck pending in the bkl-removal tree that pushes > down the BKL into usbfs_fill_super. Can you confirm that this BKL usage does > not interfere with the one you just removed, and that it can go the same way? I can confirm that this certainly interfere: So please ignore my patch. I'll elaborate a new patch when Blunck's works is merged. Thanks! Ciao, Alessio -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html