[tip:bkl/drivers] drivers: Remove BKL from scx200_gpio

From: tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner
Date: Wed Oct 14 2009 - 11:52:47 EST


Commit-ID: 3a8183a2061ba54c4c2b3cd31c3add6fd717e853
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/3a8183a2061ba54c4c2b3cd31c3add6fd717e853
Author: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:02:53 +0200
Committer: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:36:53 +0200

drivers: Remove BKL from scx200_gpio

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>
LKML-Reference: <20091010153350.167321547@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/char/scx200_gpio.c | 2 --
1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/scx200_gpio.c b/drivers/char/scx200_gpio.c
index 1d91005..99e5272 100644
--- a/drivers/char/scx200_gpio.c
+++ b/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 *inode, struct file *file)
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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