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Date:	Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:49:10 GMT
From:	tip-bot for Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...hat.com,
	fweisbec@...il.com, tglx@...utronix.de
Subject: [tip:bkl/drivers] nvram: Drop the bkl from non-generic nvram_llseek()

Commit-ID:  9e8ab74ddaa591575f599248080a1f0d917a56ee
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/9e8ab74ddaa591575f599248080a1f0d917a56ee
Author:     Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
AuthorDate: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 21:27:06 +0200
Committer:  Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CommitDate: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:36:50 +0200

nvram: Drop the bkl from non-generic nvram_llseek()

Drop the bkl from nvram_llseek() as it obviously protects nothing.
The file offset is safe in essence.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
LKML-Reference: <1255116426-7270-1-git-send-email-fweisbec@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
---
 drivers/char/nvram.c |    4 +---
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/nvram.c b/drivers/char/nvram.c
index 88cee40..2100a8f 100644
--- a/drivers/char/nvram.c
+++ b/drivers/char/nvram.c
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 #define NVRAM_VERSION	"1.3"
 
 #include <linux/module.h>
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #include <linux/nvram.h>
 
 #define PC		1
@@ -214,7 +213,6 @@ void nvram_set_checksum(void)
 
 static loff_t nvram_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
 {
-	lock_kernel();
 	switch (origin) {
 	case 0:
 		/* nothing to do */
@@ -226,7 +224,7 @@ static loff_t nvram_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
 		offset += NVRAM_BYTES;
 		break;
 	}
-	unlock_kernel();
+
 	return (offset >= 0) ? (file->f_pos = offset) : -EINVAL;
 }
 
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