linux-kernel - [PATCH] net: vxge: Remove unnecessary synchronize_irq() before free

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Date:   Mon, 16 May 2022 08:19:14 +0000
From:   cgel.zte@...il.com
To:     jdmason@...zu.us
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org,
        pabeni@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Minghao Chi <chi.minghao@....com.cn>,
        Zeal Robot <zealci@....com.cn>
Subject: [PATCH] net: vxge: Remove unnecessary synchronize_irq() before free_irq()

From: Minghao Chi <chi.minghao@....com.cn>

Calling synchronize_irq() right before free_irq() is quite useless. On one
hand the IRQ can easily fire again before free_irq() is entered, on the
other hand free_irq() itself calls synchronize_irq() internally (in a race
condition free way), before any state associated with the IRQ is freed.

Reported-by: Zeal Robot <zealci@....com.cn>
Signed-off-by: Minghao Chi <chi.minghao@....com.cn>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/vxge/vxge-main.c | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/vxge/vxge-main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/vxge/vxge-main.c
index d2de8ac44f72..fa5d4ddf429b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/vxge/vxge-main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/vxge/vxge-main.c
@@ -2405,7 +2405,6 @@ static void vxge_rem_msix_isr(struct vxgedev *vdev)
 	for (intr_cnt = 0; intr_cnt < (vdev->no_of_vpath * 2 + 1);
 		intr_cnt++) {
 		if (vdev->vxge_entries[intr_cnt].in_use) {
-			synchronize_irq(vdev->entries[intr_cnt].vector);
 			free_irq(vdev->entries[intr_cnt].vector,
 				vdev->vxge_entries[intr_cnt].arg);
 			vdev->vxge_entries[intr_cnt].in_use = 0;
@@ -2427,7 +2426,6 @@ static void vxge_rem_isr(struct vxgedev *vdev)
 	    vdev->config.intr_type == MSI_X) {
 		vxge_rem_msix_isr(vdev);
 	} else if (vdev->config.intr_type == INTA) {
-			synchronize_irq(vdev->pdev->irq);
 			free_irq(vdev->pdev->irq, vdev);
 	}
 }
-- 
2.25.1