linux-kernel - [RFC 2/2] drivers: perf: arm_pmu: Drop 'pmu_lock' element from 'struct pmu_hw

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Message-Id: <20231016052431.1390269-3-anshuman.khandual@arm.com>
Date:   Mon, 16 Oct 2023 10:54:31 +0530
From:   Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>
To:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Cc:     Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [RFC 2/2] drivers: perf: arm_pmu: Drop 'pmu_lock' element from 'struct pmu_hw_events'

As 'pmu_lock' element is not being used in any ARM PMU implementation, just
drop this from 'struct pmu_hw_events'.

Cc: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>
---
 drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c       | 1 -
 include/linux/perf/arm_pmu.h | 6 ------
 2 files changed, 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c b/drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c
index d712a19e47ac..379479b50bdd 100644
--- a/drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c
+++ b/drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c
@@ -893,7 +893,6 @@ struct arm_pmu *armpmu_alloc(void)
 		struct pmu_hw_events *events;
 
 		events = per_cpu_ptr(pmu->hw_events, cpu);
-		raw_spin_lock_init(&events->pmu_lock);
 		events->percpu_pmu = pmu;
 	}
 
diff --git a/include/linux/perf/arm_pmu.h b/include/linux/perf/arm_pmu.h
index 143fbc10ecfe..e2503d48ddee 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf/arm_pmu.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf/arm_pmu.h
@@ -59,12 +59,6 @@ struct pmu_hw_events {
 	 */
 	DECLARE_BITMAP(used_mask, ARMPMU_MAX_HWEVENTS);
 
-	/*
-	 * Hardware lock to serialize accesses to PMU registers. Needed for the
-	 * read/modify/write sequences.
-	 */
-	raw_spinlock_t		pmu_lock;
-
 	/*
 	 * When using percpu IRQs, we need a percpu dev_id. Place it here as we
 	 * already have to allocate this struct per cpu.
-- 
2.25.1