The patch titled Remove unneeded lock_kernel() in driver/block/loop.c has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was remove-unneded-lock_kernel-in-driver-block-loopc.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: Remove unneeded lock_kernel() in driver/block/loop.c From: Diego Woitasen <diego@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Diego Woitasen <diego@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/block/loop.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/block/loop.c~remove-unneded-lock_kernel-in-driver-block-loopc drivers/block/loop.c --- a/drivers/block/loop.c~remove-unneded-lock_kernel-in-driver-block-loopc +++ a/drivers/block/loop.c @@ -1285,7 +1285,6 @@ static long lo_compat_ioctl(struct file struct loop_device *lo = inode->i_bdev->bd_disk->private_data; int err; - lock_kernel(); switch(cmd) { case LOOP_SET_STATUS: mutex_lock(&lo->lo_ctl_mutex); @@ -1311,7 +1310,6 @@ static long lo_compat_ioctl(struct file err = -ENOIOCTLCMD; break; } - unlock_kernel(); return err; } #endif _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from diego@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html