[PATCH 13/31] x86: MCE: Drop BKL in mce_open

From: Andi Kleen
Date: Tue May 26 2009 - 19:58:34 EST


From: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Impact: cleanup

BKL is not needed for anything in mce_open because it has
an own spinlock. Remove it.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c | 4 ----
1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
index 93c3b93..f617c9b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
#include <linux/ratelimit.h>
#include <linux/kallsyms.h>
#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
#include <linux/kobject.h>
#include <linux/kdebug.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
@@ -853,12 +852,10 @@ static int open_exclu; /* already open exclusive? */

static int mce_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
{
- lock_kernel();
spin_lock(&mce_state_lock);

if (open_exclu || (open_count && (file->f_flags & O_EXCL))) {
spin_unlock(&mce_state_lock);
- unlock_kernel();

return -EBUSY;
}
@@ -868,7 +865,6 @@ static int mce_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
open_count++;

spin_unlock(&mce_state_lock);
- unlock_kernel();

return nonseekable_open(inode, file);
}
--
1.6.0.2

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