From ac06ea2cd06291e63951b51dd7c9a23e6a1f2683 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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 <tglx@linutronix.de>
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 <linux/platform_device.h>
 #include <linux/miscdevice.h>
 #include <linux/capability.h>
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
@@ -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;
 }
 
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