From: Eric W. Biederman We already call everything except do_proc_readlink outside of the BKL in proc_pid_followlink, and there appears to be nothing in do_proc_readlink that needs any special protection. So remove this leftover from one of the BKL cleanup efforts. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- fs/proc/base.c | 2 -- 1 files changed, 2 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/proc/base.c~proc-remove-useless-bkl-in-proc_pid_readlink fs/proc/base.c --- devel/fs/proc/base.c~proc-remove-useless-bkl-in-proc_pid_readlink 2006-02-27 20:58:54.000000000 -0800 +++ devel-akpm/fs/proc/base.c 2006-02-27 20:58:54.000000000 -0800 @@ -1158,7 +1158,6 @@ static int proc_pid_readlink(struct dent struct dentry *de; struct vfsmount *mnt = NULL; - lock_kernel(); if (current->fsuid != inode->i_uid && !capable(CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE)) goto out; @@ -1174,7 +1173,6 @@ static int proc_pid_readlink(struct dent dput(de); mntput(mnt); out: - unlock_kernel(); return error; } _