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authorArnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>2010-09-16 15:35:54 +0200
committerArnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>2010-10-04 21:10:48 +0200
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BKL: Remove BKL from ecryptfs
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 <arnd@arndb.de> Cc: Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@canonical.com> Cc: Tyler Hicks <tyhicks@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: ecryptfs-devel@lists.launchpad.net
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/ecryptfs/file.c')
-rw-r--r--fs/ecryptfs/file.c3
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/file.c b/fs/ecryptfs/file.c
index 622c9514080..2b9a644b758 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;
}