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From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: John Kacur <jkacur@redhat.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Subject: [PATCH 17/18] vfs: don't use BKL in default_llseek
Date: Wed,  7 Jul 2010 23:40:19 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1278538820-1392-18-git-send-email-arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1278538820-1392-1-git-send-email-arnd@arndb.de>

There are currently 191 users of default_llseek.
Nine of these are in device drivers that use the
big kernel lock. None of these ever touch
file->f_pos outside of llseek or file_pos_write.

Consequently, we never rely on the BKL
in the default_llseek function and can
replace that with i_mutex, which is also
used in generic_file_llseek.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
---
 fs/read_write.c |    4 ++--
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
index 9c04852..31c0be7 100644
--- a/fs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/read_write.c
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ loff_t default_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
 {
 	loff_t retval;
 
-	lock_kernel();
+	mutex_lock(&file->f_dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
 	switch (origin) {
 		case SEEK_END:
 			offset += i_size_read(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ loff_t default_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
 		retval = offset;
 	}
 out:
-	unlock_kernel();
+	mutex_unlock(&file->f_dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
 	return retval;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(default_llseek);
-- 
1.7.1


  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-07-07 21:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 48+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-07-07 21:40 [PATCH 00/18] VFS: turn no_llseek into the default Arnd Bergmann
2010-07-07 21:40 ` [PATCH 01/18] drm: use noop_llseek Arnd Bergmann
2010-07-07 21:40 ` [PATCH 02/18] net/wireless: use generic_file_llseek in debugfs Arnd Bergmann
2010-07-07 21:40 ` [PATCH 03/18] lkdtm: " Arnd Bergmann
2010-07-22  0:06   ` Frederic Weisbecker
2010-07-07 21:40 ` [PATCH 04/18] ib/qib: use generic_file_llseek Arnd Bergmann
2010-07-21 18:40   ` Roland Dreier
2010-07-07 21:40 ` [PATCH 05/18] arm/omap: use generic_file_llseek in iommu_debug Arnd Bergmann
2010-07-07 21:40 ` [PATCH 06/18] spufs: use llseek in all file operations Arnd Bergmann
2010-07-08  1:15   ` Jeremy Kerr
2010-07-08 13:02     ` Arnd Bergmann
2010-07-08 13:29       ` [PATCH v2] " Arnd Bergmann
2010-07-07 21:40 ` [PATCH 07/18] staging: " Arnd Bergmann
2010-07-07 21:40 ` [PATCH 08/18] selinux: use generic_file_llseek Arnd Bergmann
2010-07-08 14:52   ` Eric Paris
2010-07-11 23:44   ` James Morris
2010-07-07 21:40 ` [PATCH 09/18] tracing: use generic_file_llseek for debugfs Arnd Bergmann
2010-07-07 21:58   ` Frederic Weisbecker
2010-07-21 20:52   ` [tip:perf/core] tracing: Use " tip-bot for Arnd Bergmann
2010-07-07 21:40 ` [PATCH 10/18] ibmasmfs: use generic_file_llseek Arnd Bergmann
2010-07-07 21:40 ` [PATCH 11/18] oprofile: make event buffer nonseekable Arnd Bergmann
2010-07-09  7:51   ` Robert Richter
2010-07-26  9:06   ` Robert Richter
2010-07-07 21:40 ` [PATCH 12/18] raw: use explicit llseek file operations Arnd Bergmann
2010-07-21 23:50   ` Frederic Weisbecker
2010-07-07 21:40 ` [PATCH 13/18] ima: use generic_file_llseek for securityfs Arnd Bergmann
2010-07-08 12:50   ` Mimi Zohar
2010-07-08 13:00     ` Arnd Bergmann
2010-07-08 13:18       ` Mimi Zohar
2010-07-08 22:52         ` James Morris
2010-07-09 13:00           ` Arnd Bergmann
2010-07-11 23:45   ` James Morris
2010-07-07 21:40 ` [PATCH 14/18] irda/irnet: use noop_llseek Arnd Bergmann
2010-07-07 21:40 ` [PATCH 15/18] viotape: " Arnd Bergmann
2010-07-21 23:59   ` Frederic Weisbecker
2010-07-07 21:40 ` [PATCH 16/18] llseek: automatically add .llseek fop Arnd Bergmann
2010-07-07 21:55   ` Mike Frysinger
2010-07-07 22:10     ` Arnd Bergmann
2010-07-08 12:17   ` Boaz Harrosh
2010-07-08 12:23     ` Arnd Bergmann
2010-07-08 12:32       ` Boaz Harrosh
2010-07-07 21:40 ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2010-07-07 21:40 ` [PATCH 18/18] vfs: make no_llseek the default Arnd Bergmann
2010-07-08 11:25   ` Tetsuo Handa
2010-07-08 12:08     ` Arnd Bergmann
2010-07-08 12:57       ` Tetsuo Handa
2010-07-08 13:18         ` Arnd Bergmann
2010-07-08 22:55         ` James Morris

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