linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/2] locking/mutex: Kill mutex_trylock

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Message-Id: <20210210085248.219210-2-bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Date:   Wed, 10 Feb 2021 09:52:47 +0100
From:   Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>,
        Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] locking/mutex: Kill mutex_trylock_recursive()

There are not users of mutex_trylock_recursive() in tree as of
v5.11-rc7.

Remove it.

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
---
 include/linux/mutex.h  | 25 -------------------------
 kernel/locking/mutex.c | 10 ----------
 2 files changed, 35 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/mutex.h b/include/linux/mutex.h
index dcd185cbfe793..0cd631a197276 100644
--- a/include/linux/mutex.h
+++ b/include/linux/mutex.h
@@ -199,29 +199,4 @@ extern void mutex_unlock(struct mutex *lock);
 
 extern int atomic_dec_and_mutex_lock(atomic_t *cnt, struct mutex *lock);
 
-/*
- * These values are chosen such that FAIL and SUCCESS match the
- * values of the regular mutex_trylock().
- */
-enum mutex_trylock_recursive_enum {
-	MUTEX_TRYLOCK_FAILED    = 0,
-	MUTEX_TRYLOCK_SUCCESS   = 1,
-	MUTEX_TRYLOCK_RECURSIVE,
-};
-
-/**
- * mutex_trylock_recursive - trylock variant that allows recursive locking
- * @lock: mutex to be locked
- *
- * This function should not be used, _ever_. It is purely for hysterical GEM
- * raisins, and once those are gone this will be removed.
- *
- * Returns:
- *  - MUTEX_TRYLOCK_FAILED    - trylock failed,
- *  - MUTEX_TRYLOCK_SUCCESS   - lock acquired,
- *  - MUTEX_TRYLOCK_RECURSIVE - we already owned the lock.
- */
-extern /* __deprecated */ __must_check enum mutex_trylock_recursive_enum
-mutex_trylock_recursive(struct mutex *lock);
-
 #endif /* __LINUX_MUTEX_H */
diff --git a/kernel/locking/mutex.c b/kernel/locking/mutex.c
index 5352ce50a97e3..adb9350907688 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/mutex.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/mutex.c
@@ -86,16 +86,6 @@ bool mutex_is_locked(struct mutex *lock)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(mutex_is_locked);
 
-__must_check enum mutex_trylock_recursive_enum
-mutex_trylock_recursive(struct mutex *lock)
-{
-	if (unlikely(__mutex_owner(lock) == current))
-		return MUTEX_TRYLOCK_RECURSIVE;
-
-	return mutex_trylock(lock);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(mutex_trylock_recursive);
-
 static inline unsigned long __owner_flags(unsigned long owner)
 {
 	return owner & MUTEX_FLAGS;
-- 
2.30.0