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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/ext4
parent899611ee7d373e5eeda08e9a8632684e1ebbbf00 (diff)
downloadlinux-db71922217a214e5c9268448e537b54fc1f301ea.tar.bz2
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/ext4')
-rw-r--r--fs/ext4/super.c8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 26147746c272..0f0021f4990c 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -2568,6 +2568,8 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
int err;
unsigned int journal_ioprio = DEFAULT_JOURNAL_IOPRIO;
+ lock_kernel();
+
sbi = kzalloc(sizeof(*sbi), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!sbi)
goto out_free_orig;
@@ -3166,7 +3168,6 @@ no_journal:
if (es->s_error_count)
mod_timer(&sbi->s_err_report, jiffies + 300*HZ); /* 5 minutes */
- lock_kernel();
kfree(orig_data);
return 0;
@@ -3213,8 +3214,11 @@ out_fail:
sb->s_fs_info = NULL;
kfree(sbi->s_blockgroup_lock);
kfree(sbi);
- lock_kernel();
+ kfree(orig_data);
+ return ret;
+
out_free_orig:
+ unlock_kernel();
kfree(orig_data);
return ret;
}