goto out;
                if (irqchip_in_kernel(kvm)) {
                        __s32 status;
-                       mutex_lock(&kvm->irq_lock);
                        status = kvm_set_irq(kvm, KVM_USERSPACE_IRQ_SOURCE_ID,
                                    irq_event.irq, irq_event.level);
-                       mutex_unlock(&kvm->irq_lock);
                        if (ioctl == KVM_IRQ_LINE_STATUS) {
                                irq_event.status = status;
                                if (copy_to_user(argp, &irq_event,
 
        struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
        int i;
 
-       mutex_lock(&kvm->irq_lock);
        kvm_set_irq(kvm, kvm->arch.vpit->irq_source_id, 0, 1);
        kvm_set_irq(kvm, kvm->arch.vpit->irq_source_id, 0, 0);
-       mutex_unlock(&kvm->irq_lock);
 
        /*
         * Provides NMI watchdog support via Virtual Wire mode.
 
                   irq.trig_mode, irq.level, irq.dest_mode, irq.delivery_mode,
                   irq.vector);
 
-       mutex_lock(&apic->vcpu->kvm->irq_lock);
        kvm_irq_delivery_to_apic(apic->vcpu->kvm, apic, &irq);
-       mutex_unlock(&apic->vcpu->kvm->irq_lock);
 }
 
 static u32 apic_get_tmcct(struct kvm_lapic *apic)
 
                        goto out;
                if (irqchip_in_kernel(kvm)) {
                        __s32 status;
-                       mutex_lock(&kvm->irq_lock);
                        status = kvm_set_irq(kvm, KVM_USERSPACE_IRQ_SOURCE_ID,
                                        irq_event.irq, irq_event.level);
-                       mutex_unlock(&kvm->irq_lock);
                        if (ioctl == KVM_IRQ_LINE_STATUS) {
                                irq_event.status = status;
                                if (copy_to_user(argp, &irq_event,
 
        struct _irqfd *irqfd = container_of(work, struct _irqfd, inject);
        struct kvm *kvm = irqfd->kvm;
 
-       mutex_lock(&kvm->irq_lock);
        kvm_set_irq(kvm, KVM_USERSPACE_IRQ_SOURCE_ID, irqfd->gsi, 1);
        kvm_set_irq(kvm, KVM_USERSPACE_IRQ_SOURCE_ID, irqfd->gsi, 0);
-       mutex_unlock(&kvm->irq_lock);
 }
 
 /*
 
        int i, r = -1;
        struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, *lowest = NULL;
 
-       WARN_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&kvm->irq_lock));
-
        if (irq->dest_mode == 0 && irq->dest_id == 0xff &&
                        kvm_is_dm_lowest_prio(irq))
                printk(KERN_INFO "kvm: apic: phys broadcast and lowest prio\n");
        return kvm_irq_delivery_to_apic(kvm, NULL, &irq);
 }
 
-/* This should be called with the kvm->irq_lock mutex held
+/*
  * Return value:
  *  < 0   Interrupt was ignored (masked or not delivered for other reasons)
  *  = 0   Interrupt was coalesced (previous irq is still pending)
 
        trace_kvm_set_irq(irq, level, irq_source_id);
 
-       WARN_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&kvm->irq_lock));
-
        /* Not possible to detect if the guest uses the PIC or the
         * IOAPIC.  So set the bit in both. The guest will ignore
         * writes to the unused one.
 
                                    interrupt_work);
        kvm = assigned_dev->kvm;
 
-       mutex_lock(&kvm->irq_lock);
        spin_lock_irq(&assigned_dev->assigned_dev_lock);
        if (assigned_dev->irq_requested_type & KVM_DEV_IRQ_HOST_MSIX) {
                struct kvm_guest_msix_entry *guest_entries =
                            assigned_dev->guest_irq, 1);
 
        spin_unlock_irq(&assigned_dev->assigned_dev_lock);
-       mutex_unlock(&assigned_dev->kvm->irq_lock);
 }
 
 static irqreturn_t kvm_assigned_dev_intr(int irq, void *dev_id)