x86, mce: drop BKL in mce_open

BKL is not needed for anything in mce_open because it has an own spinlock. Remove it. [ Impact: cleanup ] Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Hidetoshi Seto <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <[email protected]>
yshchan · May 28, 2009 · b170204 · b170204
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diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #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>
@@ -791,12 +790,10 @@ 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;
 	}
@@ -806,7 +803,6 @@ static int mce_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	open_count++;
 
 	spin_unlock(&mce_state_lock);
-	unlock_kernel();
 
 	return nonseekable_open(inode, file);
 }