There is no BKL held on entry in ->fsync nor in the low level ext3_sync_file.
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <redacted>
---
fs/ext3/dir.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
Index: linux/fs/ext3/dir.c
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/fs/ext3/dir.c
+++ linux/fs/ext3/dir.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ const struct file_operations ext3_dir_op
#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
.compat_ioctl = ext3_compat_ioctl,
#endif
- .fsync = ext3_sync_file, /* BKL held */
+ .fsync = ext3_sync_file,
.release = ext3_release_dir,
};