The patch titled Subject: fs/sysv: remove another useless write_super call has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is fs-sysv-remove-another-useless-write_super-call.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Artem Bityutskiy <artem.bityutskiy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: fs/sysv: remove another useless write_super call We do not need to call 'sysv_write_super()' from 'sysv_remount()', because VFS has called 'sysv_sync_fs()' before calling '->remount()'. So remove it. Remove also '(un)lock_super()' which obvioulsy is becoming useless in this function. Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <artem.bityutskiy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/sysv/inode.c | 5 +---- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/sysv/inode.c~fs-sysv-remove-another-useless-write_super-call fs/sysv/inode.c --- a/fs/sysv/inode.c~fs-sysv-remove-another-useless-write_super-call +++ a/fs/sysv/inode.c @@ -68,12 +68,9 @@ static void sysv_write_super(struct supe static int sysv_remount(struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data) { struct sysv_sb_info *sbi = SYSV_SB(sb); - lock_super(sb); + if (sbi->s_forced_ro) *flags |= MS_RDONLY; - if (*flags & MS_RDONLY) - sysv_write_super(sb); - unlock_super(sb); return 0; } _ Subject: Subject: fs/sysv: remove another useless write_super call Patches currently in -mm which might be from artem.bityutskiy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch linux-next.patch hfs-push-lock_super-down.patch hfs-get-rid-of-lock_super.patch hfs-remove-extra-mdb-write-on-unmount.patch hfs-simplify-a-bit-checking-for-r-o.patch hfs-introduce-vfs-superblock-object-back-reference.patch hfs-get-rid-of-hfs_sync_super.patch hfs-get-rid-of-hfs_sync_super-checkpatch-fixes.patch hfs-get-rid-of-hfs_sync_super-v2.patch hfsplus-make-hfsplus_sync_fs-static.patch hfsplus-amend-debugging-print.patch hfsplus-remove-useless-check.patch hfsplus-get-rid-of-write_super.patch hfsplus-get-rid-of-write_super-checkpatch-fixes.patch hfsplus-get-rid-of-write_super-v3.patch fs-ufs-remove-extra-superblock-write-on-unmount.patch fs-ufs-re-arrange-the-code-a-bit.patch fs-ufs-re-arrange-the-code-a-bit-checkpatch-fixes.patch fs-ufs-get-rid-of-write_super.patch fs-sysv-remove-useless-write_super-call.patch fs-sysv-remove-another-useless-write_super-call.patch fs-sysv-stop-using-write_super-and-s_dirt.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