if (ret != 1)                                                   \
                return -EINVAL;                                         \
                                                                        \
-       lock_cpu_hotplug();                                             \
        mutex_lock(&policy->lock);                                      \
        ret = __cpufreq_set_policy(policy, &new_policy);                \
        policy->user_policy.object = policy->object;                    \
        mutex_unlock(&policy->lock);                                    \
-       unlock_cpu_hotplug();                                           \
                                                                        \
        return ret ? ret : count;                                       \
 }
                                                &new_policy.governor))
                return -EINVAL;
 
-       lock_cpu_hotplug();
-
        /* Do not use cpufreq_set_policy here or the user_policy.max
           will be wrongly overridden */
        mutex_lock(&policy->lock);
        policy->user_policy.governor = policy->governor;
        mutex_unlock(&policy->lock);
 
-       unlock_cpu_hotplug();
-
        if (ret)
                return ret;
        else
  *********************************************************************/
 
 
-/* Must be called with lock_cpu_hotplug held */
 int __cpufreq_driver_target(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
                            unsigned int target_freq,
                            unsigned int relation)
        if (!policy)
                return -EINVAL;
 
-       lock_cpu_hotplug();
        mutex_lock(&policy->lock);
 
        ret = __cpufreq_driver_target(policy, target_freq, relation);
 
        mutex_unlock(&policy->lock);
-       unlock_cpu_hotplug();
 
        cpufreq_cpu_put(policy);
        return ret;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpufreq_driver_getavg);
 
 /*
- * Locking: Must be called with the lock_cpu_hotplug() lock held
  * when "event" is CPUFREQ_GOV_LIMITS
  */
 
 /*
  * data   : current policy.
  * policy : policy to be set.
- * Locking: Must be called with the lock_cpu_hotplug() lock held
  */
 static int __cpufreq_set_policy(struct cpufreq_policy *data,
                                struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
        if (!data)
                return -EINVAL;
 
-       lock_cpu_hotplug();
-
        /* lock this CPU */
        mutex_lock(&data->lock);
 
 
        mutex_unlock(&data->lock);
 
-       unlock_cpu_hotplug();
        cpufreq_cpu_put(data);
 
        return ret;
        if (!data)
                return -ENODEV;
 
-       lock_cpu_hotplug();
        mutex_lock(&data->lock);
 
        dprintk("updating policy for CPU %u\n", cpu);
        ret = __cpufreq_set_policy(data, &policy);
 
        mutex_unlock(&data->lock);
-       unlock_cpu_hotplug();
        cpufreq_cpu_put(data);
        return ret;
 }
 
        cpufreq_unregister_notifier(¬ifier_trans_block,
                        CPUFREQ_TRANSITION_NOTIFIER);
        unregister_hotcpu_notifier(&cpufreq_stat_cpu_notifier);
-       lock_cpu_hotplug();
        for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
                cpufreq_stat_cpu_callback(&cpufreq_stat_cpu_notifier,
                                                CPU_DEAD, (void *)(long)cpu);
        }
-       unlock_cpu_hotplug();
 }
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR ("Zou Nan hai <nanhai.zou@intel.com>");