[patch 27/28] drivers: Remove BKL from scx200_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/scx200_gpio.c |    2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6-tip/drivers/char/scx200_gpio.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6-tip.orig/drivers/char/scx200_gpio.c
+++ linux-2.6-tip/drivers/char/scx200_gpio.c
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
 
@@ -52,7 +51,6 @@ static int scx200_gpio_open(struct inode
 	unsigned m = iminor(inode);
 	file->private_data = &scx200_gpio_ops;
 
-	cycle_kernel_lock();
 	if (m >= MAX_PINS)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	return nonseekable_open(inode, file);


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