[PATCH] HPET: Remove the BKL.

[David John]

Concurrent access is protected by the spin lock hpet_lock. The
BKL is not required.

Signed-off-by: David John <davidjon@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/char/hpet.c |    3 ---
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/hpet.c b/drivers/char/hpet.c
index b3f5dbc..00765f9 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hpet.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hpet.c
@@ -194,7 +194,6 @@ static int hpet_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	if (file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	lock_kernel();
 	spin_lock_irq(&hpet_lock);
 
 	for (devp = NULL, hpetp = hpets; hpetp && !devp; hpetp = hpetp->hp_next)
@@ -209,7 +208,6 @@ static int hpet_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 
 	if (!devp) {
 		spin_unlock_irq(&hpet_lock);
-		unlock_kernel();
 		return -EBUSY;
 	}
 
@@ -217,7 +215,6 @@ static int hpet_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	devp->hd_irqdata = 0;
 	devp->hd_flags |= HPET_OPEN;
 	spin_unlock_irq(&hpet_lock);
-	unlock_kernel();
 
 	return 0;
 }
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