From eb5f8545ffff98a11c6656d4d2106341ab69c57d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Frank Filz Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 10:24:42 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] 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 Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust --- fs/nfs/symlink.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/nfs/symlink.c b/fs/nfs/symlink.c index 600bbe630abd..6c686112cc03 100644 --- a/fs/nfs/symlink.c +++ b/fs/nfs/symlink.c @@ -33,9 +33,7 @@ static int nfs_symlink_filler(struct inode *inode, struct page *page) { int error; - lock_kernel(); error = NFS_PROTO(inode)->readlink(inode, page, 0, PAGE_SIZE); - unlock_kernel(); if (error < 0) goto error; SetPageUptodate(page); -- 2.20.1