set_next_event() and set_mode() are always called with interrupt disabled. irqsave and irqrestore are not necessary for spinlock. Pointed out by Atsushi Nemoto. Signed-off-by: Yoichi Yuasa <yoichi_yuasa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> diff -pruN -X mips/Documentation/dontdiff mips-orig/arch/mips/kernel/cevt-gt641xx.c mips/arch/mips/kernel/cevt-gt641xx.c --- mips-orig/arch/mips/kernel/cevt-gt641xx.c 2007-10-23 15:24:41.135068000 +0900 +++ mips/arch/mips/kernel/cevt-gt641xx.c 2007-10-23 16:15:57.040970000 +0900 @@ -49,10 +49,9 @@ int gt641xx_timer0_state(void) static int gt641xx_timer0_set_next_event(unsigned long delta, struct clock_event_device *evt) { - unsigned long flags; u32 ctrl; - spin_lock_irqsave(>641xx_timer_lock, flags); + spin_lock(>641xx_timer_lock); ctrl = GT_READ(GT_TC_CONTROL_OFS); ctrl &= ~(GT_TC_CONTROL_ENTC0_MSK | GT_TC_CONTROL_SELTC0_MSK); @@ -61,7 +60,7 @@ static int gt641xx_timer0_set_next_event GT_WRITE(GT_TC0_OFS, delta); GT_WRITE(GT_TC_CONTROL_OFS, ctrl); - spin_unlock_irqrestore(>641xx_timer_lock, flags); + spin_unlock(>641xx_timer_lock); return 0; } @@ -69,10 +68,9 @@ static int gt641xx_timer0_set_next_event static void gt641xx_timer0_set_mode(enum clock_event_mode mode, struct clock_event_device *evt) { - unsigned long flags; u32 ctrl; - spin_lock_irqsave(>641xx_timer_lock, flags); + spin_lock(>641xx_timer_lock); ctrl = GT_READ(GT_TC_CONTROL_OFS); ctrl &= ~(GT_TC_CONTROL_ENTC0_MSK | GT_TC_CONTROL_SELTC0_MSK); @@ -90,7 +88,7 @@ static void gt641xx_timer0_set_mode(enum GT_WRITE(GT_TC_CONTROL_OFS, ctrl); - spin_unlock_irqrestore(>641xx_timer_lock, flags); + spin_unlock(>641xx_timer_lock); } static void gt641xx_timer0_event_handler(struct clock_event_device *dev)