[patch 26/28] drivers: Remove BKL from pc8736x_gpio

[Thomas Gleixner]

cycle_kernel_lock() was added during the big BKL pushdown. It should
ensure the serializiation against driver init code. In this case there
is nothing to serialize. Remove it.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/char/pc8736x_gpio.c |    2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6-tip/drivers/char/pc8736x_gpio.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6-tip.orig/drivers/char/pc8736x_gpio.c
+++ linux-2.6-tip/drivers/char/pc8736x_gpio.c
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/nsc_gpio.h>
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 
 #define DEVNAME "pc8736x_gpio"
@@ -223,7 +222,6 @@ static int pc8736x_gpio_open(struct inod
 	unsigned m = iminor(inode);
 	file->private_data = &pc8736x_gpio_ops;
 
-	cycle_kernel_lock();
 	dev_dbg(&pdev->dev, "open %d\n", m);
 
 	if (m >= PC8736X_GPIO_CT)


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