2006-10-17 17:24:59

by Frank Filz

Subject: [patch 4/4] NFS: Remove use of the Big Kernel Lock around nfs calls to readlink

Remove use of the Big Kernel Lock around indirect calls to
nfs3_proc_readlink and nfs4_proc_readlink, both of which
basically call rpc_call_sync.

Signed-off-by: Frank Filz <[email protected]>

### Diffstat output
symlink.c | 2 --
1 files changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/nfs/symlink.c b/fs/nfs/symlink.c
index 600bbe6..6c68611 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/symlink.c
@@ -33,9 +33,7 @@ static int nfs_symlink_filler(struct ino
{
int error;

- lock_kernel();
error = NFS_PROTO(inode)->readlink(inode, page, 0, PAGE_SIZE);
- unlock_kernel();
if (error < 0)
goto error;
SetPageUptodate(page);



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2006-10-18 22:34:49

by Trond Myklebust

Subject: Re: [patch 4/4] NFS: Remove use of the Big Kernel Lock around nfs calls to readlink

On Tue, 2006-10-17 at 10:24 -0700, Frank Filz wrote:
> Remove use of the Big Kernel Lock around indirect calls to
> nfs3_proc_readlink and nfs4_proc_readlink, both of which
> basically call rpc_call_sync.

Applied...


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