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>

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index c68ec447ace1..d40e91e5c94a 100644
--- 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;
 }