1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/xdr.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/xdr.h
index 9e340fa23c06..c6b53d181bfa 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/xdr.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/xdr.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <linux/uio.h>
 #include <asm/byteorder.h>
 #include <linux/scatterlist.h>
+#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 
 /*
  * Buffer adjustment
@@ -36,6 +37,21 @@ struct xdr_netobj {
 typedef int     (*kxdrproc_t)(void *rqstp, __be32 *data, void *obj);
 
 /*
+ * We're still requiring the BKL in the xdr code until it's been
+ * more carefully audited, at which point this wrapper will become
+ * unnecessary.
+ */
+static inline int rpc_call_xdrproc(kxdrproc_t xdrproc, void *rqstp, __be32 *data, void *obj)
+{
+        int ret;
+
+        lock_kernel();
+        ret = xdrproc(rqstp, data, obj);
+        unlock_kernel();
+        return ret;
+}
+
+/*
  * Basic structure for transmission/reception of a client XDR message.
  * Features a header (for a linear buffer containing RPC headers
  * and the data payload for short messages), and then an array of