--- socket.c.0  Thu Nov 25 16:22:19 1999
+++ socket.c    Thu Nov 25 16:22:40 1999
@@ -340,18 +340,9 @@
       struct inode * inode;
       struct socket * sock;

-       lock_kernel();
-       /* Damn! get_empty_inode is not SMP safe.
-          I ask, why does it have decorative spinlock
-          at the very beginning? Probably, dcache ops should
-          be lock_kernel'ed inside inode.c
-        */
       inode = get_empty_inode();
-       if (!inode) {
-               unlock_kernel();
+       if (!inode)
               return NULL;
-       }
-       unlock_kernel();

       sock = socki_lookup(inode);