1 files changed, 1 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ioctl.c b/fs/ioctl.c
index 421aab4..e8e89ed 100644
--- a/fs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ioctl.c
@@ -427,19 +427,11 @@ static int ioctl_fioasync(unsigned int fd, struct file *filp,
 	/* Did FASYNC state change ? */
 	if ((flag ^ filp->f_flags) & FASYNC) {
 		if (filp->f_op && filp->f_op->fasync)
+			/* fasync() adjusts filp->f_flags */
 			error = filp->f_op->fasync(fd, filp, on);
 		else
 			error = -ENOTTY;
 	}
-	if (error)
-		return error;
-
-	spin_lock(&filp->f_lock);
-	if (on)
-		filp->f_flags |= FASYNC;
-	else
-		filp->f_flags &= ~FASYNC;
-	spin_unlock(&filp->f_lock);
 	return error;
 }
 
@@ -507,10 +499,7 @@ int do_vfs_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int fd, unsigned int cmd,
 		break;
 
 	case FIOASYNC:
-		/* BKL needed to avoid races tweaking f_flags */
-		lock_kernel();
 		error = ioctl_fioasync(fd, filp, argp);
-		unlock_kernel();
 		break;
 
 	case FIOQSIZE: