From 01b284f9b6d51cc3f3bcf3b49f16d2601d3ca22d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Arnd Bergmann Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 20:39:22 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] blktrace: remove the big kernel lock According to Jens, this code does not need the BKL at all, it is sufficiently serialized by bd_mutex. Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann Cc: Jens Axboe Cc: Steven Rostedt --- kernel/trace/blktrace.c | 14 +++----------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/trace/blktrace.c b/kernel/trace/blktrace.c index 959f8d6c8cc1..5328e8779d4d 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/blktrace.c +++ b/kernel/trace/blktrace.c @@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ #include #include #include -#include #include #include @@ -639,7 +638,6 @@ int blk_trace_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, unsigned cmd, char __user *arg) if (!q) return -ENXIO; - lock_kernel(); mutex_lock(&bdev->bd_mutex); switch (cmd) { @@ -667,7 +665,6 @@ int blk_trace_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, unsigned cmd, char __user *arg) } mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_mutex); - unlock_kernel(); return ret; } @@ -1652,10 +1649,9 @@ static ssize_t sysfs_blk_trace_attr_show(struct device *dev, struct block_device *bdev; ssize_t ret = -ENXIO; - lock_kernel(); bdev = bdget(part_devt(p)); if (bdev == NULL) - goto out_unlock_kernel; + goto out; q = blk_trace_get_queue(bdev); if (q == NULL) @@ -1683,8 +1679,7 @@ out_unlock_bdev: mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_mutex); out_bdput: bdput(bdev); -out_unlock_kernel: - unlock_kernel(); +out: return ret; } @@ -1714,11 +1709,10 @@ static ssize_t sysfs_blk_trace_attr_store(struct device *dev, ret = -ENXIO; - lock_kernel(); p = dev_to_part(dev); bdev = bdget(part_devt(p)); if (bdev == NULL) - goto out_unlock_kernel; + goto out; q = blk_trace_get_queue(bdev); if (q == NULL) @@ -1753,8 +1747,6 @@ out_unlock_bdev: mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_mutex); out_bdput: bdput(bdev); -out_unlock_kernel: - unlock_kernel(); out: return ret ? ret : count; } -- 2.30.2