linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] x86/microcode: Remove microcode

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Message-ID: <20230804075853.JF_n6GXC@linutronix.de>
Date:   Fri, 4 Aug 2023 09:58:53 +0200
From:   Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
To:     Sohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@...el.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH v2] x86/microcode: Remove microcode_mutex.

microcode_mutex is only used by reload_store(). It has a comment saying
"to synchronize with each other". Other user of this mutex have been
removed in the commits
	181b6f40e9ea8 ("x86/microcode: Rip out the OLD_INTERFACE").
	b6f86689d5b74 ("x86/microcode: Rip out the subsys interface gunk")

The sysfs interface does not need additional synchronisation vs itself
because it is provided as kernfs_ops::mutex which is acquired in
kernfs_fop_write_iter().

Remove superfluous microcode_mutex.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230803083253.VGMnC9Gd@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
---

v1…v2:
  - Add another commit to the commit description which removed another
    user. Suggested by Sohil Mehta.
  - Also update the comment in microcode_check(). Suggested by Sohil
    Mehta.

 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c         | 3 +--
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c | 6 ------
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index 0ba1067f4e5f1..de49b9cd8077a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -2276,8 +2276,7 @@ void store_cpu_caps(struct cpuinfo_x86 *curr_info)
  * @prev_info:	CPU capabilities stored before an update.
  *
  * The microcode loader calls this upon late microcode load to recheck features,
- * only when microcode has been updated. Caller holds microcode_mutex and CPU
- * hotplug lock.
+ * only when microcode has been updated. Caller holds and CPU hotplug lock.
  *
  * Return: None
  */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
index 3afcf3de0dd49..2f9d35744bc41 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
@@ -54,15 +54,12 @@ LIST_HEAD(microcode_cache);
  *
  * All non cpu-hotplug-callback call sites use:
  *
- * - microcode_mutex to synchronize with each other;
  * - cpus_read_lock/unlock() to synchronize with
  *   the cpu-hotplug-callback call sites.
  *
  * We guarantee that only a single cpu is being
  * updated at any particular moment of time.
  */
-static DEFINE_MUTEX(microcode_mutex);
-
 struct ucode_cpu_info		ucode_cpu_info[NR_CPUS];
 
 struct cpu_info_ctx {
@@ -488,10 +485,7 @@ static ssize_t reload_store(struct device *dev,
 	if (tmp_ret != UCODE_NEW)
 		goto put;
 
-	mutex_lock(&microcode_mutex);
 	ret = microcode_reload_late();
-	mutex_unlock(&microcode_mutex);
-
 put:
 	cpus_read_unlock();
 
-- 
2.40.1