linux-kernel - [GIT pull] bkl removal for 2.6.34

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Date:	Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:20:39 +0100 (CET)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [GIT pull] bkl removal for 2.6.34

Linus,

Please pull the latest bkl-drivers-for-linus git tree from:

   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip.git bkl-drivers-for-linus

Thanks,

	tglx

------------------>
Ingo Molnar (1):
      nvram: Drop the BKL from nvram_open()


 drivers/char/nvram.c |    3 ---
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/nvram.c b/drivers/char/nvram.c
index 2100a8f..7cf4518 100644
--- a/drivers/char/nvram.c
+++ b/drivers/char/nvram.c
@@ -329,14 +329,12 @@ static int nvram_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
 
 static int nvram_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-	lock_kernel();
 	spin_lock(&nvram_state_lock);
 
 	if ((nvram_open_cnt && (file->f_flags & O_EXCL)) ||
 	    (nvram_open_mode & NVRAM_EXCL) ||
 	    ((file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) && (nvram_open_mode & NVRAM_WRITE))) {
 		spin_unlock(&nvram_state_lock);
-		unlock_kernel();
 		return -EBUSY;
 	}
 
@@ -347,7 +345,6 @@ static int nvram_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	nvram_open_cnt++;
 
 	spin_unlock(&nvram_state_lock);
-	unlock_kernel();
 
 	return 0;
 }
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