1 files changed, 0 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/fs/compat.c b/fs/compat.c
index 8e71cdbecc7c..0f7abf246d32 100644
--- a/fs/compat.c
+++ b/fs/compat.c
@@ -268,7 +268,6 @@ out:
 
 #define IOCTL_HASHSIZE 256
 static struct ioctl_trans *ioctl32_hash_table[IOCTL_HASHSIZE];
-static DECLARE_RWSEM(ioctl32_sem);
 
 extern struct ioctl_trans ioctl_start[];
 extern int ioctl_table_size;
@@ -390,14 +389,10 @@ asmlinkage long compat_sys_ioctl(unsigned int fd, unsigned int cmd,
                 break;
         }
 
-        /* When register_ioctl32_conversion is finally gone remove
-           this lock! -AK */
-        down_read(&ioctl32_sem);
         for (t = ioctl32_hash_table[ioctl32_hash(cmd)]; t; t = t->next) {
                 if (t->cmd == cmd)
                         goto found_handler;
         }
-        up_read(&ioctl32_sem);
 
         if (S_ISSOCK(filp->f_dentry->d_inode->i_mode) &&
             cmd >= SIOCDEVPRIVATE && cmd <= (SIOCDEVPRIVATE + 15)) {
@@ -417,11 +412,9 @@ asmlinkage long compat_sys_ioctl(unsigned int fd, unsigned int cmd,
                 lock_kernel();
                 error = t->handler(fd, cmd, arg, filp);
                 unlock_kernel();
-                up_read(&ioctl32_sem);
                 goto out_fput;
         }
 
-        up_read(&ioctl32_sem);
  do_ioctl:
         error = vfs_ioctl(filp, fd, cmd, arg);
  out_fput: