linux-kernel - [patch 08/20] posix-timers: Remove pointless irqsafe from hash

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Message-ID: <20230425183313.249063953@linutronix.de>
Date:   Tue, 25 Apr 2023 20:49:08 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>,
        Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@...utronix.de>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Sebastian Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
        syzbot+5c54bd3eb218bb595aa9@...kaller.appspotmail.com,
        Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>,
        Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...il.com>
Subject: [patch 08/20] posix-timers: Remove pointless irqsafe from hash_lock

All usage of hash_lock is in thread context. No point in using
spin_lock_irqsave()/irqrestore() for a single usage site.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
---
 kernel/time/posix-timers.c |    5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/time/posix-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/time/posix-timers.c
@@ -470,10 +470,9 @@ static void k_itimer_rcu_free(struct rcu
 static void release_posix_timer(struct k_itimer *tmr, int it_id_set)
 {
 	if (it_id_set) {
-		unsigned long flags;
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&hash_lock, flags);
+		spin_lock(&hash_lock, flags);
 		hlist_del_rcu(&tmr->t_hash);
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&hash_lock, flags);
+		spin_unlock(&hash_lock, flags);
 	}
 	put_pid(tmr->it_pid);
 	sigqueue_free(tmr->sigq);