linux-kernel - [tip: irq/core] genirq/irqdesc: Remove double locking in hwirq

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Message-ID: <174784306392.406.9650043358804668977.tip-bot2@tip-bot2>
Date: Wed, 21 May 2025 15:57:43 -0000
From: "tip-bot2 for Claudiu Beznea" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To: linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea.uj@...renesas.com>,
 Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, x86@...nel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, maz@...nel.org
Subject: [tip: irq/core] genirq/irqdesc: Remove double locking in hwirq_show()

The following commit has been merged into the irq/core branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     a510bb87da72aa8d1504b0e4b343cfe013ee8a89
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/a510bb87da72aa8d1504b0e4b343cfe013ee8a89
Author:        Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea.uj@...renesas.com>
AuthorDate:    Wed, 21 May 2025 17:25:41 +03:00
Committer:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CommitterDate: Wed, 21 May 2025 17:48:23 +02:00

genirq/irqdesc: Remove double locking in hwirq_show()

&desc->lock is acquired on 2 consecutive lines in hwirq_show(). This leads
obviously to a deadlock. Drop the raw_spin_lock_irq() and keep guard().

Fixes: 5d964a9f7cd8 ("genirq/irqdesc: Switch to lock guards")
Signed-off-by: Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea.uj@...renesas.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250521142541.3832130-1-claudiu.beznea.uj@bp.renesas.com

---
 kernel/irq/irqdesc.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/irq/irqdesc.c b/kernel/irq/irqdesc.c
index 6d006a6..b64c57b 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/irqdesc.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/irqdesc.c
@@ -281,7 +281,6 @@ static ssize_t hwirq_show(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_attribute *attr, cha
 	struct irq_desc *desc = container_of(kobj, struct irq_desc, kobj);
 
 	guard(raw_spinlock_irq)(&desc->lock);
-	raw_spin_lock_irq(&desc->lock);
 	if (desc->irq_data.domain)
 		return sysfs_emit(buf, "%lu\n", desc->irq_data.hwirq);
 	return 0;