2.5.75

 fs

diff -Nru a/fs/xattr.c b/fs/xattr.c
--- a/fs/xattr.c   Thu Jul 10 13:16:27 2003
+++ b/fs/xattr.c   Thu Jul 10 13:16:27 2003
@@ -160,9 +160,7 @@
       error = security_inode_getxattr(d, kname);
       if (error)
          goto out;
-      down(&d->d_inode->i_sem);
       error = d->d_inode->i_op->getxattr(d, kname, kvalue, size);
-      up(&d->d_inode->i_sem);
    }
 
    if (kvalue && error > 0)
@@ -233,9 +231,7 @@
       error = security_inode_listxattr(d);
       if (error)
          goto out;
-      down(&d->d_inode->i_sem);
       error = d->d_inode->i_op->listxattr(d, klist, size);
-      up(&d->d_inode->i_sem);
    }
 
    if (klist && error > 0)