Re: [PATCH -tip] remove the BKL: remove "BKL auto-drop" assumption from ext3_remount()

[Alessio Igor Bogani]

Dear Sir Molnar,

2009/4/26 Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>:
[...]
>> +                     unlock_kernel();
>>                       unlock_super(sb);
>>                       ext3_mark_recovery_complete(sb, es);
>>                       lock_super(sb);
>> +                     lock_kernel();
>
> Shouldnt this be a conditional-unlock, so that if the remount moves
> away from under the BKL we dont break in this place?
[...]

Please excuse me I'm only a stupid howler monkey. :-)

Patch with conditional-unlock/lock follow in a second.

Thank you!

Ciao,
Alessio
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