From eb5f8545ffff98a11c6656d4d2106341ab69c57d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Frank Filz <ffilzlnx@us.ibm.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 10:24:42 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] NFS: Remove use of the Big Kernel Lock around nfs calls to
 readlink

Remove use of the Big Kernel Lock around indirect calls to
nfs3_proc_readlink and nfs4_proc_readlink, both of which
basically call rpc_call_sync.

Signed-off-by: Frank Filz <ffilz@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
---
 fs/nfs/symlink.c | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/nfs/symlink.c b/fs/nfs/symlink.c
index 600bbe6..6c68611 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/symlink.c
@@ -33,9 +33,7 @@ static int nfs_symlink_filler(struct inode *inode, struct page *page)
 {
 	int error;
 
-	lock_kernel();
 	error = NFS_PROTO(inode)->readlink(inode, page, 0, PAGE_SIZE);
-	unlock_kernel();
 	if (error < 0)
 		goto error;
 	SetPageUptodate(page);
-- 
2.7.4