Merge branch 'timers-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip

* 'timers-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
  clockevent: Prevent dead lock on clockevents_lock
  timers: Drop write permission on /proc/timer_list

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
index 994dd6a4a2a0..071166a4ba83 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -519,16 +519,12 @@ static void c1e_idle(void)
                 if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, c1e_mask)) {
                         cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, c1e_mask);
                         /*
-                         * Force broadcast so ACPI can not interfere. Needs
-                         * to run with interrupts enabled as it uses
-                         * smp_function_call.
+                         * Force broadcast so ACPI can not interfere.
                          */
-                        local_irq_enable();
                         clockevents_notify(CLOCK_EVT_NOTIFY_BROADCAST_FORCE,
                                            &cpu);
                         printk(KERN_INFO "Switch to broadcast mode on CPU%d\n",
                                cpu);
-                        local_irq_disable();
                 }
                 clockevents_notify(CLOCK_EVT_NOTIFY_BROADCAST_ENTER, &cpu);