linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 04/11] iommu/vt-d: Unnecessary spinlock for root table alloc and free

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Date:   Wed, 29 Jun 2022 15:47:18 +0800
From:   Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com>
To:     iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org, iommu@...ts.linux.dev
Cc:     Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@...el.com>, Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@...el.com>,
        Liu Yi L <yi.l.liu@...el.com>,
        Jacob jun Pan <jacob.jun.pan@...el.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 04/11] iommu/vt-d: Unnecessary spinlock for root table alloc and free

The IOMMU root table is allocated and freed in the IOMMU initialization
code in static boot or hot-remove paths. There's no need for a spinlock.

Signed-off-by: Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@...el.com>
---
 drivers/iommu/intel/iommu.c | 18 +++++-------------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/iommu/intel/iommu.c b/drivers/iommu/intel/iommu.c
index 77915d61f7ec..ff49c9460ede 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/intel/iommu.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/intel/iommu.c
@@ -809,14 +809,12 @@ static int device_context_mapped(struct intel_iommu *iommu, u8 bus, u8 devfn)
 
 static void free_context_table(struct intel_iommu *iommu)
 {
-	int i;
-	unsigned long flags;
 	struct context_entry *context;
+	int i;
+
+	if (!iommu->root_entry)
+		return;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&iommu->lock, flags);
-	if (!iommu->root_entry) {
-		goto out;
-	}
 	for (i = 0; i < ROOT_ENTRY_NR; i++) {
 		context = iommu_context_addr(iommu, i, 0, 0);
 		if (context)
@@ -828,12 +826,10 @@ static void free_context_table(struct intel_iommu *iommu)
 		context = iommu_context_addr(iommu, i, 0x80, 0);
 		if (context)
 			free_pgtable_page(context);
-
 	}
+
 	free_pgtable_page(iommu->root_entry);
 	iommu->root_entry = NULL;
-out:
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&iommu->lock, flags);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DMAR_DEBUG
@@ -1232,7 +1228,6 @@ static void domain_unmap(struct dmar_domain *domain, unsigned long start_pfn,
 static int iommu_alloc_root_entry(struct intel_iommu *iommu)
 {
 	struct root_entry *root;
-	unsigned long flags;
 
 	root = (struct root_entry *)alloc_pgtable_page(iommu->node);
 	if (!root) {
@@ -1242,10 +1237,7 @@ static int iommu_alloc_root_entry(struct intel_iommu *iommu)
 	}
 
 	__iommu_flush_cache(iommu, root, ROOT_SIZE);
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&iommu->lock, flags);
 	iommu->root_entry = root;
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&iommu->lock, flags);
 
 	return 0;
 }
-- 
2.25.1