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author | Jan Blunck <jblunck@infradead.org> | 2010-08-16 00:51:10 +0400 |
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committer | Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> | 2010-10-04 23:10:10 +0400 |
commit | db71922217a214e5c9268448e537b54fc1f301ea (patch) | |
tree | 9c9afbf29411547891f6968e5ade29ce59d66c07 /MAINTAINERS | |
parent | 899611ee7d373e5eeda08e9a8632684e1ebbbf00 (diff) | |
download | linux-db71922217a214e5c9268448e537b54fc1f301ea.tar.xz |
BKL: Explicitly add BKL around get_sb/fill_super
This patch is a preparation necessary to remove the BKL from do_new_mount().
It explicitly adds calls to lock_kernel()/unlock_kernel() around
get_sb/fill_super operations for filesystems that still uses the BKL.
I've read through all the code formerly covered by the BKL inside
do_kern_mount() and have satisfied myself that it doesn't need the BKL
any more.
do_kern_mount() is already called without the BKL when mounting the rootfs
and in nfsctl. do_kern_mount() calls vfs_kern_mount(), which is called
from various places without BKL: simple_pin_fs(), nfs_do_clone_mount()
through nfs_follow_mountpoint(), afs_mntpt_do_automount() through
afs_mntpt_follow_link(). Both later functions are actually the filesystems
follow_link inode operation. vfs_kern_mount() is calling the specified
get_sb function and lets the filesystem do its job by calling the given
fill_super function.
Therefore I think it is safe to push down the BKL from the VFS to the
low-level filesystems get_sb/fill_super operation.
[arnd: do not add the BKL to those file systems that already
don't use it elsewhere]
Signed-off-by: Jan Blunck <jblunck@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
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