linux-kernel - [PATCH] misc: sgi-gru: Don't disable preemption in GRU driver

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Message-ID: <ZuwaasSf0ZzcYHiN@hpe.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 07:34:50 -0500
From: Dimitri Sivanich <sivanich@....com>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>,
        Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>
Cc: linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Dimitri Sivanich <sivanich@....com>
Subject: [PATCH] misc: sgi-gru: Don't disable preemption in GRU driver

Disabling preemption in the GRU driver is unnecessary, and clashes with
sleeping locks in several code paths.  Remove preempt_disable and
preempt_enable from the GRU driver.

Signed-off-by: Dimitri Sivanich <sivanich@....com>
---
 drivers/misc/sgi-gru/grukservices.c | 2 --
 drivers/misc/sgi-gru/grumain.c      | 4 ----
 drivers/misc/sgi-gru/grutlbpurge.c  | 2 --
 3 files changed, 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/sgi-gru/grukservices.c b/drivers/misc/sgi-gru/grukservices.c
index 37e804bbb1f2..205945ce9e86 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/sgi-gru/grukservices.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/sgi-gru/grukservices.c
@@ -258,7 +258,6 @@ static int gru_get_cpu_resources(int dsr_bytes, void **cb, void **dsr)
 	int lcpu;
 
 	BUG_ON(dsr_bytes > GRU_NUM_KERNEL_DSR_BYTES);
-	preempt_disable();
 	bs = gru_lock_kernel_context(-1);
 	lcpu = uv_blade_processor_id();
 	*cb = bs->kernel_cb + lcpu * GRU_HANDLE_STRIDE;
@@ -272,7 +271,6 @@ static int gru_get_cpu_resources(int dsr_bytes, void **cb, void **dsr)
 static void gru_free_cpu_resources(void *cb, void *dsr)
 {
 	gru_unlock_kernel_context(uv_numa_blade_id());
-	preempt_enable();
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/drivers/misc/sgi-gru/grumain.c b/drivers/misc/sgi-gru/grumain.c
index 0f5b09e290c8..3036c15f3689 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/sgi-gru/grumain.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/sgi-gru/grumain.c
@@ -937,10 +937,8 @@ vm_fault_t gru_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 
 again:
 	mutex_lock(&gts->ts_ctxlock);
-	preempt_disable();
 
 	if (gru_check_context_placement(gts)) {
-		preempt_enable();
 		mutex_unlock(&gts->ts_ctxlock);
 		gru_unload_context(gts, 1);
 		return VM_FAULT_NOPAGE;
@@ -949,7 +947,6 @@ vm_fault_t gru_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	if (!gts->ts_gru) {
 		STAT(load_user_context);
 		if (!gru_assign_gru_context(gts)) {
-			preempt_enable();
 			mutex_unlock(&gts->ts_ctxlock);
 			set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 			schedule_timeout(GRU_ASSIGN_DELAY);  /* true hack ZZZ */
@@ -965,7 +962,6 @@ vm_fault_t gru_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 				vma->vm_page_prot);
 	}
 
-	preempt_enable();
 	mutex_unlock(&gts->ts_ctxlock);
 
 	return VM_FAULT_NOPAGE;
diff --git a/drivers/misc/sgi-gru/grutlbpurge.c b/drivers/misc/sgi-gru/grutlbpurge.c
index 10921cd2608d..1107dd3e2e9f 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/sgi-gru/grutlbpurge.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/sgi-gru/grutlbpurge.c
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ static struct gru_tlb_global_handle *get_lock_tgh_handle(struct gru_state
 	struct gru_tlb_global_handle *tgh;
 	int n;
 
-	preempt_disable();
 	if (uv_numa_blade_id() == gru->gs_blade_id)
 		n = get_on_blade_tgh(gru);
 	else
@@ -79,7 +78,6 @@ static struct gru_tlb_global_handle *get_lock_tgh_handle(struct gru_state
 static void get_unlock_tgh_handle(struct gru_tlb_global_handle *tgh)
 {
 	unlock_tgh_handle(tgh);
-	preempt_enable();
 }
 
 /*
-- 
2.35.3