linux-kernel - [PATCH v1 07/10] cpufreq: Drop cpufreq_cpu_acquire() and cpufreq_cpu

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Message-ID: <3880470.kQq0lBPeGt@rjwysocki.net>
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2025 21:45:38 +0100
From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
To: Linux PM <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
 Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>,
 Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com>,
 Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@....com>,
 Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>
Subject:
 [PATCH v1 07/10] cpufreq: Drop cpufreq_cpu_acquire() and
 cpufreq_cpu_release()

From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>

Since cpufreq_cpu_acquire() and cpufreq_cpu_release() have no more
users in the tree, remove them.

No intentional functional impact.

Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
---
 drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c |   45 ---------------------------------------------
 include/linux/cpufreq.h   |    2 --
 2 files changed, 47 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -255,51 +255,6 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpufreq_cpu_put);
 
-/**
- * cpufreq_cpu_release - Unlock a policy and decrement its usage counter.
- * @policy: cpufreq policy returned by cpufreq_cpu_acquire().
- */
-void cpufreq_cpu_release(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
-{
-	if (WARN_ON(!policy))
-		return;
-
-	lockdep_assert_held(&policy->rwsem);
-
-	up_write(&policy->rwsem);
-
-	cpufreq_cpu_put(policy);
-}
-
-/**
- * cpufreq_cpu_acquire - Find policy for a CPU, mark it as busy and lock it.
- * @cpu: CPU to find the policy for.
- *
- * Call cpufreq_cpu_get() to get a reference on the cpufreq policy for @cpu and
- * if the policy returned by it is not NULL, acquire its rwsem for writing.
- * Return the policy if it is active or release it and return NULL otherwise.
- *
- * The policy returned by this function has to be released with the help of
- * cpufreq_cpu_release() in order to release its rwsem and balance its usage
- * counter properly.
- */
-struct cpufreq_policy *cpufreq_cpu_acquire(unsigned int cpu)
-{
-	struct cpufreq_policy *policy = cpufreq_cpu_get(cpu);
-
-	if (!policy)
-		return NULL;
-
-	down_write(&policy->rwsem);
-
-	if (policy_is_inactive(policy)) {
-		cpufreq_cpu_release(policy);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	return policy;
-}
-
 /*********************************************************************
  *            EXTERNALLY AFFECTING FREQUENCY CHANGES                 *
  *********************************************************************/
--- a/include/linux/cpufreq.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
@@ -241,8 +241,6 @@
 
 u64 get_cpu_idle_time(unsigned int cpu, u64 *wall, int io_busy);
 
-struct cpufreq_policy *cpufreq_cpu_acquire(unsigned int cpu);
-void cpufreq_cpu_release(struct cpufreq_policy *policy);
 int cpufreq_get_policy(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, unsigned int cpu);
 void refresh_frequency_limits(struct cpufreq_policy *policy);
 void cpufreq_update_policy(unsigned int cpu);