The BKL is only used in fill_super, which is protected by the superblocks s_umount rw_semaphorei, and in fasync, which does not do anything that could require the BKL. Therefore it is safe to remove the BKL entirely.
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]> Cc: Dustin Kirkland <[email protected]> Cc: Tyler Hicks <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] --- fs/ecryptfs/file.c | 3 --- fs/ecryptfs/main.c | 4 ---- 2 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/file.c b/fs/ecryptfs/file.c index 622c951..2b9a644 100644 --- a/fs/ecryptfs/file.c +++ b/fs/ecryptfs/file.c @@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ #include <linux/security.h> #include <linux/compat.h> #include <linux/fs_stack.h> -#include <linux/smp_lock.h> #include "ecryptfs_kernel.h" /** @@ -284,11 +283,9 @@ static int ecryptfs_fasync(int fd, struct file *file, int flag) int rc = 0; struct file *lower_file = NULL; - lock_kernel(); lower_file = ecryptfs_file_to_lower(file); if (lower_file->f_op && lower_file->f_op->fasync) rc = lower_file->f_op->fasync(fd, lower_file, flag); - unlock_kernel(); return rc; } diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/main.c b/fs/ecryptfs/main.c index c4af92f..cbd4e18 100644 --- a/fs/ecryptfs/main.c +++ b/fs/ecryptfs/main.c @@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ #include <linux/parser.h> #include <linux/fs_stack.h> #include <linux/slab.h> -#include <linux/smp_lock.h> /* For lock_kernel() */ #include "ecryptfs_kernel.h" /** @@ -551,7 +550,6 @@ static int ecryptfs_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags, const char *err = "Getting sb failed"; int rc; - lock_kernel(); sbi = kmem_cache_zalloc(ecryptfs_sb_info_cache, GFP_KERNEL); if (!sbi) { rc = -ENOMEM; @@ -610,7 +608,6 @@ static int ecryptfs_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags, goto out; } simple_set_mnt(mnt, s); - unlock_kernel(); return 0; out: @@ -619,7 +616,6 @@ out: kmem_cache_free(ecryptfs_sb_info_cache, sbi); } printk(KERN_ERR "%s; rc = [%d]\n", err, rc); - unlock_kernel(); return rc; } -- 1.7.1 _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ecryptfs-devel Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ecryptfs-devel More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

