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authorJan Blunck <jblunck@infradead.org>2010-08-15 22:51:10 +0200
committerArnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>2010-10-04 21:10:10 +0200
commitdb71922217a214e5c9268448e537b54fc1f301ea (patch)
tree9c9afbf29411547891f6968e5ade29ce59d66c07 /fs/ext3
parent899611ee7d373e5eeda08e9a8632684e1ebbbf00 (diff)
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>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/ext3')
-rw-r--r--fs/ext3/super.c9
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/ext3/super.c b/fs/ext3/super.c
index 5dbf4dba03c..41f9dcd73e9 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/super.c
@@ -1611,14 +1611,19 @@ static int ext3_fill_super (struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
__le32 features;
int err;
+ lock_kernel();
+
sbi = kzalloc(sizeof(*sbi), GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!sbi)
+ if (!sbi) {
+ unlock_kernel();
return -ENOMEM;
+ }
sbi->s_blockgroup_lock =
kzalloc(sizeof(struct blockgroup_lock), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!sbi->s_blockgroup_lock) {
kfree(sbi);
+ unlock_kernel();
return -ENOMEM;
}
sb->s_fs_info = sbi;
@@ -2026,6 +2031,7 @@ static int ext3_fill_super (struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
"writeback");
lock_kernel();
+ unlock_kernel();
return 0;
cantfind_ext3:
@@ -2056,6 +2062,7 @@ out_fail:
kfree(sbi->s_blockgroup_lock);
kfree(sbi);
lock_kernel();
+ unlock_kernel();
return ret;
}