NFS: Remove the BKL from the inode creation operations

nfs_instantiate() does not require the BKL, neither do the attribute
updates or the RPC code.

Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>

diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index c68ec44..d40e91e 100644 (file)
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -1232,14 +1232,11 @@ static int nfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
        if ((nd->flags & LOOKUP_CREATE) != 0)
                open_flags = nd->intent.open.flags;
 
-       lock_kernel();
        error = NFS_PROTO(dir)->create(dir, dentry, &attr, open_flags, nd);
        if (error != 0)
                goto out_err;
-       unlock_kernel();
        return 0;
 out_err:
-       unlock_kernel();
        d_drop(dentry);
        return error;
 }
@@ -1262,14 +1259,11 @@ nfs_mknod(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode, dev_t rdev)
        attr.ia_mode = mode;
        attr.ia_valid = ATTR_MODE;
 
-       lock_kernel();
        status = NFS_PROTO(dir)->mknod(dir, dentry, &attr, rdev);
        if (status != 0)
                goto out_err;
-       unlock_kernel();
        return 0;
 out_err:
-       unlock_kernel();
        d_drop(dentry);
        return status;
 }
@@ -1288,15 +1282,12 @@ static int nfs_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode)
        attr.ia_valid = ATTR_MODE;
        attr.ia_mode = mode | S_IFDIR;
 
-       lock_kernel();
        error = NFS_PROTO(dir)->mkdir(dir, dentry, &attr);
        if (error != 0)
                goto out_err;
-       unlock_kernel();
        return 0;
 out_err:
        d_drop(dentry);
-       unlock_kernel();
        return error;
 }