From ac06ea2cd06291e63951b51dd7c9a23e6a1f2683 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Gleixner Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 09:35:48 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] x86: Remove BKL from microcode cycle_lock_kernel() in microcode_open() is a worthless exercise as there is nothing to wait for. Remove it. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner LKML-Reference: <20091010153349.196074920@linutronix.de> --- arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c index 378e9a8f1bf8..2bcad3926edb 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core.c @@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ #include #include #include -#include #include #include #include @@ -201,7 +200,6 @@ static int do_microcode_update(const void __user *buf, size_t size) static int microcode_open(struct inode *unused1, struct file *unused2) { - cycle_kernel_lock(); return capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO) ? 0 : -EPERM; }