netdev - [PATCH net-next 1/7] net: ipa: drop an unneeded transaction reference

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Date:   Thu, 19 May 2022 10:12:11 -0500
From:   Alex Elder <elder@...aro.org>
To:     davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org,
        pabeni@...hat.com
Cc:     mka@...omium.org, evgreen@...omium.org, bjorn.andersson@...aro.org,
        quic_cpratapa@...cinc.com, quic_avuyyuru@...cinc.com,
        quic_jponduru@...cinc.com, quic_subashab@...cinc.com,
        elder@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net-next 1/7] net: ipa: drop an unneeded transaction reference

In gsi_channel_update(), a reference count is taken on the last
completed transaction "to keep it from completing" before we give
the event back to the hardware.  Completion processing for that
transaction (and any other "new" ones) will not occur until after
this function returns, so there's no risk it completing early.  So
there's no need to take and drop the additional transaction
reference.

Use local variables in the call to gsi_evt_ring_doorbell().

Signed-off-by: Alex Elder <elder@...aro.org>
---
 drivers/net/ipa/gsi.c | 10 ++--------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ipa/gsi.c b/drivers/net/ipa/gsi.c
index db4cb2de218c0..5eb30113974cd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipa/gsi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ipa/gsi.c
@@ -1490,12 +1490,8 @@ static struct gsi_trans *gsi_channel_update(struct gsi_channel *channel)
 	if (index == ring->index % ring->count)
 		return NULL;
 
-	/* Get the transaction for the latest completed event.  Take a
-	 * reference to keep it from completing before we give the events
-	 * for this and previous transactions back to the hardware.
-	 */
+	/* Get the transaction for the latest completed event. */
 	trans = gsi_event_trans(channel, gsi_ring_virt(ring, index - 1));
-	refcount_inc(&trans->refcount);
 
 	/* For RX channels, update each completed transaction with the number
 	 * of bytes that were actually received.  For TX channels, report
@@ -1510,9 +1506,7 @@ static struct gsi_trans *gsi_channel_update(struct gsi_channel *channel)
 	gsi_trans_move_complete(trans);
 
 	/* Tell the hardware we've handled these events */
-	gsi_evt_ring_doorbell(channel->gsi, channel->evt_ring_id, index);
-
-	gsi_trans_free(trans);
+	gsi_evt_ring_doorbell(gsi, evt_ring_id, index);
 
 	return gsi_channel_trans_complete(channel);
 }
-- 
2.32.0