1 files changed, 0 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/cpu.c b/kernel/cpu.c
index 369d2892687d..208cf3497c10 100644
--- a/kernel/cpu.c
+++ b/kernel/cpu.c
@@ -262,12 +262,6 @@ int __cpuinit cpu_up(unsigned int cpu)
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SUSPEND_SMP
-/* Needed to prevent the microcode driver from requesting firmware in its CPU
- * hotplug notifier during the suspend/resume.
- */
-int suspend_cpu_hotplug;
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(suspend_cpu_hotplug);
-
 static cpumask_t frozen_cpus;
 
 int disable_nonboot_cpus(void)
@@ -275,7 +269,6 @@ int disable_nonboot_cpus(void)
         int cpu, first_cpu, error = 0;
 
         mutex_lock(&cpu_add_remove_lock);
-        suspend_cpu_hotplug = 1;
         first_cpu = first_cpu(cpu_online_map);
         /* We take down all of the non-boot CPUs in one shot to avoid races
          * with the userspace trying to use the CPU hotplug at the same time
@@ -302,7 +295,6 @@ int disable_nonboot_cpus(void)
         } else {
                 printk(KERN_ERR "Non-boot CPUs are not disabled\n");
         }
-        suspend_cpu_hotplug = 0;
         mutex_unlock(&cpu_add_remove_lock);
         return error;
 }
@@ -317,7 +309,6 @@ void enable_nonboot_cpus(void)
         if (cpus_empty(frozen_cpus))
                 goto out;
 
-        suspend_cpu_hotplug = 1;
         printk("Enabling non-boot CPUs ...\n");
         for_each_cpu_mask(cpu, frozen_cpus) {
                 error = _cpu_up(cpu, 1);
@@ -328,7 +319,6 @@ void enable_nonboot_cpus(void)
                 printk(KERN_WARNING "Error taking CPU%d up: %d\n", cpu, error);
         }
         cpus_clear(frozen_cpus);
-        suspend_cpu_hotplug = 0;
 out:
         mutex_unlock(&cpu_add_remove_lock);
 }