From: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> The code this is attempting to lock against does not use the BKL, so it's not needed. Most likely this code is still broken/racy (Al Viro also thinks so), but removing the BKL should not make it worse than before. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/usb/core/inode.c | 4 ---- 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/inode.c b/drivers/usb/core/inode.c index 1a27618..095fa53 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/core/inode.c +++ b/drivers/usb/core/inode.c @@ -265,13 +265,9 @@ static int remount(struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data) return -EINVAL; } - lock_kernel(); - if (usbfs_mount && usbfs_mount->mnt_sb) update_sb(usbfs_mount->mnt_sb); - unlock_kernel(); - return 0; } -- 1.7.2 -- 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