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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
index 03bc7f1f159..e8019cc3418 100644
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -1435,9 +1435,11 @@ static void __cpuinit migrate_timers(int cpu)
BUG_ON(cpu_online(cpu));
old_base = per_cpu(tvec_bases, cpu);
new_base = get_cpu_var(tvec_bases);
-
- local_irq_disable();
- spin_lock(&new_base->lock);
+ /*
+ * The caller is globally serialized and nobody else
+ * takes two locks at once, deadlock is not possible.
+ */
+ spin_lock_irq(&new_base->lock);
spin_lock_nested(&old_base->lock, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
BUG_ON(old_base->running_timer);
@@ -1452,8 +1454,7 @@ static void __cpuinit migrate_timers(int cpu)
}
spin_unlock(&old_base->lock);
- spin_unlock(&new_base->lock);
- local_irq_enable();
+ spin_unlock_irq(&new_base->lock);
put_cpu_var(tvec_bases);
}
#endif /* CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */