From: Christoph Hellwig Subject: Re: [PATCH] exofs: remove BKL from super operations Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 01:49:33 +0200 Message-ID: <20090819234933.GB12113@lst.de> References: <4A8C12AE.2010801@panasas.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: linux-fsdevel , Christoph Hellwig To: Boaz Harrosh Return-path: Received: from verein.lst.de ([213.95.11.210]:50468 "EHLO verein.lst.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752585AbZHSXtk (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:49:40 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4A8C12AE.2010801@panasas.com> Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Any chance you could also remove the lock_super usage once your start revisiting the lock? lock_super is never taken by the VFS anymore, so you can easily replace it with fs-local locking.