linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 7/8] device-core: Kill the lockdep

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Date:   Thu, 21 Apr 2022 08:33:45 -0700
From:   Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
To:     linux-cxl@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        vishal.l.verma@...el.com, alison.schofield@...el.com,
        nvdimm@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v3 7/8] device-core: Kill the lockdep_mutex

Per Peter [1], the lockdep API has native support for all the use cases
lockdep_mutex was attempting to enable. Now that all lockdep_mutex users
have been converted to those APIs, drop this lock.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/Ylf0dewci8myLvoW@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net [1]
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
---
 drivers/base/core.c    |    3 ---
 include/linux/device.h |    5 -----
 2 files changed, 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 3d6430eb0c6a..2eede2ec3d64 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -2864,9 +2864,6 @@ void device_initialize(struct device *dev)
 	kobject_init(&dev->kobj, &device_ktype);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->dma_pools);
 	mutex_init(&dev->mutex);
-#ifdef CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING
-	mutex_init(&dev->lockdep_mutex);
-#endif
 	lockdep_set_novalidate_class(&dev->mutex);
 	spin_lock_init(&dev->devres_lock);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->devres_head);
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index 82c9d307e7bd..c00ab223da50 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -400,8 +400,6 @@ struct dev_msi_info {
  * 		This identifies the device type and carries type-specific
  * 		information.
  * @mutex:	Mutex to synchronize calls to its driver.
- * @lockdep_mutex: An optional debug lock that a subsystem can use as a
- * 		peer lock to gain localized lockdep coverage of the device_lock.
  * @bus:	Type of bus device is on.
  * @driver:	Which driver has allocated this
  * @platform_data: Platform data specific to the device.
@@ -499,9 +497,6 @@ struct device {
 					   core doesn't touch it */
 	void		*driver_data;	/* Driver data, set and get with
 					   dev_set_drvdata/dev_get_drvdata */
-#ifdef CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING
-	struct mutex		lockdep_mutex;
-#endif
 	struct mutex		mutex;	/* mutex to synchronize calls to
 					 * its driver.
 					 */