linux-kernel - [PATCH] hpet: Remove BKL from hpet

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Date:	Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:11:32 +0200 (CEST)
From:	John Kacur <jkacur@...hat.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
cc:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arndbergmann@...glemail.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] hpet: Remove BKL from hpet_open

>From 8dea55a14071c1b3445fc8a934f96c47dd35a1e1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Kacur <jkacur@...hat.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:07:01 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] hpet: Remove BKL from hpet_open

hpet_open received the BKL from commit 48b81880519274d2a8b3e9919a47d91d05a1c964
during the BKL pushdown.

It is not needed here because everything is serialized via the hpet_lock

Signed-off-by: John Kacur <jkacur@...hat.com>
---
 drivers/char/hpet.c |    4 ----
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/hpet.c b/drivers/char/hpet.c
index 70a770a..5e83828 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hpet.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hpet.c
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/miscdevice.h>
 #include <linux/major.h>
@@ -251,7 +250,6 @@ static int hpet_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	if (file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	lock_kernel();
 	spin_lock_irq(&hpet_lock);
 
 	for (devp = NULL, hpetp = hpets; hpetp && !devp; hpetp = hpetp->hp_next)
@@ -265,7 +263,6 @@ static int hpet_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 
 	if (!devp) {
 		spin_unlock_irq(&hpet_lock);
-		unlock_kernel();
 		return -EBUSY;
 	}
 
@@ -273,7 +270,6 @@ static int hpet_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	devp->hd_irqdata = 0;
 	devp->hd_flags |= HPET_OPEN;
 	spin_unlock_irq(&hpet_lock);
-	unlock_kernel();
 
 	hpet_timer_set_irq(devp);
 
-- 
1.6.0.6

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