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USB-BKL: Remove lock_kernel in usbfs update_sb() 

The code this is attempting to lock against does not use the BKL,
so it's not needed.

Most likely this code is still broken/racy (Al Viro also thinks so),
but removing the BKL should not make it worse than before.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
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Andi Kleen 2010-06-01 23:04:40 +02:00 committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman
parent 16f76a7654
commit 6e12ea4658
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drivers/usb/core/inode.c
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@ -265,13 +265,9 @@ static int remount(struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data)
return -EINVAL;
}
lock_kernel();
if (usbfs_mount && usbfs_mount->mnt_sb)
update_sb(usbfs_mount->mnt_sb);
unlock_kernel();
return 0;
}