[v2] x86/microcode: Remove microcode_mutex.
Commit Message
microcode_mutex is only used by reload_store(). It has a comment saying
"to synchronize with each other". Other user of this mutex have been
removed in the commits
181b6f40e9ea8 ("x86/microcode: Rip out the OLD_INTERFACE").
b6f86689d5b74 ("x86/microcode: Rip out the subsys interface gunk")
The sysfs interface does not need additional synchronisation vs itself
because it is provided as kernfs_ops::mutex which is acquired in
kernfs_fop_write_iter().
Remove superfluous microcode_mutex.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230803083253.VGMnC9Gd@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
---
v1…v2:
- Add another commit to the commit description which removed another
user. Suggested by Sohil Mehta.
- Also update the comment in microcode_check(). Suggested by Sohil
Mehta.
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c | 3 +--
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c | 6 ------
2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 8 deletions(-)
Comments
> struct cpu_info_ctx {
> @@ -488,10 +485,7 @@ static ssize_t reload_store(struct device *dev,
> if (tmp_ret != UCODE_NEW)
> goto put;
>
> - mutex_lock(µcode_mutex);
> ret = microcode_reload_late();
> - mutex_unlock(µcode_mutex);
> -
Maybe leave the new line in there before the put:? Makes it slightly
easier to read the code.
> put:
> cpus_read_unlock();
>
Anyway,
Reviewed-by: Sohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@intel.com>
@@ -2276,8 +2276,7 @@ void store_cpu_caps(struct cpuinfo_x86 *curr_info)
* @prev_info: CPU capabilities stored before an update.
*
* The microcode loader calls this upon late microcode load to recheck features,
- * only when microcode has been updated. Caller holds microcode_mutex and CPU
- * hotplug lock.
+ * only when microcode has been updated. Caller holds and CPU hotplug lock.
*
* Return: None
*/
@@ -54,15 +54,12 @@ LIST_HEAD(microcode_cache);
*
* All non cpu-hotplug-callback call sites use:
*
- * - microcode_mutex to synchronize with each other;
* - cpus_read_lock/unlock() to synchronize with
* the cpu-hotplug-callback call sites.
*
* We guarantee that only a single cpu is being
* updated at any particular moment of time.
*/
-static DEFINE_MUTEX(microcode_mutex);
-
struct ucode_cpu_info ucode_cpu_info[NR_CPUS];
struct cpu_info_ctx {
@@ -488,10 +485,7 @@ static ssize_t reload_store(struct device *dev,
if (tmp_ret != UCODE_NEW)
goto put;
- mutex_lock(µcode_mutex);
ret = microcode_reload_late();
- mutex_unlock(µcode_mutex);
-
put:
cpus_read_unlock();