nfs_inc_stats(inode, NFSIOS_VFSOPEN);
 
-       lock_kernel();
        /* Call generic open code in order to cache credentials */
        res = nfs_open(inode, filp);
-       unlock_kernel();
        return res;
 }
 
        }
 
        /* Open the file on the server */
-       lock_kernel();
        res = nfs4_atomic_open(dir, dentry, nd);
-       unlock_kernel();
        if (IS_ERR(res)) {
                error = PTR_ERR(res);
                switch (error) {
         * operations that change the directory. We therefore save the
         * change attribute *before* we do the RPC call.
         */
-       lock_kernel();
        ret = nfs4_open_revalidate(dir, dentry, openflags, nd);
-       unlock_kernel();
 out:
        dput(parent);
        if (!ret)
 
                /* Save the delegation */
                memcpy(stateid.data, delegation->stateid.data, sizeof(stateid.data));
                rcu_read_unlock();
-               lock_kernel();
                ret = nfs_may_open(state->inode, state->owner->so_cred, open_mode);
-               unlock_kernel();
                if (ret != 0)
                        goto out;
                ret = -EAGAIN;