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List:       linux-doc
Subject:    [PATCH] Documentation/filesystems: remove out of date reference to
From:       Adrian McMenamin <adrian () newgolddream ! dyndns ! info>
Date:       2009-03-15 23:17:22
Message-ID: 1237159042.6636.9.camel () localhost ! localdomain
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Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt incorrectly states that the kernel is
locked during the call to statfs (Documentation/filesystems/Locking
correctly says it is not). This patch removes the offending sentence.

remove reference to BKL being held in statfs

Signed-off-by: Adrian McMenamin <adrian@mcmen.demon.co.uk>
---

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
index deeeed0..f49eecf 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
@@ -277,8 +277,7 @@ or bottom half).
   unfreeze_fs: called when VFS is unlocking a filesystem and making it writable
   	again.
 
-  statfs: called when the VFS needs to get filesystem statistics. This
-	is called with the kernel lock held
+  statfs: called when the VFS needs to get filesystem statistics.
 
   remount_fs: called when the filesystem is remounted. This is called
 	with the kernel lock held

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