[PATCH] Remove unnecessary irq disabling

RR asks us if it is really necessary to disable interrupts in
setup_secondary_APIC_clock(). The answer is no, since setup_APIC_timer()
starts by saving irq flags, which also disables them.

Signed-off-by: Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Glauber de Oliveira Costa
Red Hat Inc.
"Free as in Freedom"
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/apic.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/apic.c
index 124b2d2..7eacd5f 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/apic.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/apic.c
@@ -875,9 +875,7 @@ void __init setup_boot_APIC_clock (void)

void __cpuinit setup_secondary_APIC_clock(void)
{
- local_irq_disable(); /* FIXME: Do we need this? --RR */
setup_APIC_timer(calibration_result);
- local_irq_enable();
}

void disable_APIC_timer(void)

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