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Make FAT users happier by not deadlocking
authorJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Thu, 29 May 2008 23:14:05 +0000 (17:14 -0600)
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Wed, 2 Jul 2008 21:06:27 +0000 (15:06 -0600)
commit9c20616c385ebeaa30257ef5d35e8f346db4ee32
tree1042f35fee812262abbacd11f4d7ae523c69c893tree | snapshot
parent38c4c97c62a30aef276663c1128a2051a25ead7dcommit | diff
Make FAT users happier by not deadlocking

The FAT BKL removal patch can cause deadlocks.  It turns out that the new
lock_super() calls are unneeded, remove them (as directed by Linus).

Reported-by: "Tony Luck" <tony.luck@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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Full containers within linux kernel