Remove mips_rtc_lock The mips_rtc_lock is no longer needed because RTC operations should be protected already by other mechanism. (rtc_lock, local_irq_save, etc.) Also, locking whole rtc_get_time/rtc_set_time should be avoided while some RTC routines might take very long time (a few seconds). Signed-off-by: Atsushi Nemoto <[e-mail]> Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <[e-mail]>

include/asm-mips/rtc.h

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 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 
-#include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/rtc.h>
 #include <asm/time.h>
 
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 #define RTC_24H 0x02            /* 24 hour mode - else hours bit 7 means pm */
 #define RTC_DST_EN 0x01         /* auto switch DST - works f. USA only */
 
-static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(mips_rtc_lock);
-
 static inline unsigned int get_rtc_time(struct rtc_time *time)
 {
 	unsigned long nowtime;
 
-	spin_lock(&mips_rtc_lock);
 	nowtime = rtc_get_time();
 	to_tm(nowtime, time);
 	time->tm_year -= 1900;
-	spin_unlock(&mips_rtc_lock);
 
 	return RTC_24H;
 }
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 	unsigned long nowtime;
 	int ret;
 
-	spin_lock(&mips_rtc_lock);
 	nowtime = mktime(time->tm_year+1900, time->tm_mon+1,
 			time->tm_mday, time->tm_hour, time->tm_min,
 			time->tm_sec);
 	ret = rtc_set_time(nowtime);
-	spin_unlock(&mips_rtc_lock);
 
 	return ret;
 }