netdev - [patch 07/15] timers: Use del_timer

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Date:   Tue, 15 Nov 2022 21:28:44 +0100 (CET)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@...utronix.de>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...ia.fr>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>,
        Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>,
        Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>,
        Johan Hedberg <johan.hedberg@...il.com>,
        Luiz Augusto von Dentz <luiz.dentz@...il.com>,
        linux-bluetooth@...r.kernel.org,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [patch 07/15] timers: Use del_timer_sync() even on UP

del_timer_sync() is assumed to be pointless on uniprocessor systems and can
be mapped to del_timer() because in theory del_timer() can never be invoked
while the timer callback function is executed.

This is not entirely true because del_timer() can be invoked from interrupt
context and therefore hit in the middle of a running timer callback.

Contrary to that del_timer_sync() is not allowed to be invoked from
interrupt context unless the affected timer is marked with TIMER_IRQSAFE.
del_timer_sync() has proper checks in place to detect such a situation.

Give up on the UP optimization and make del_timer_sync() unconditionally
available.

Co-developed-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220407161745.7d6754b3@gandalf.local.home
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20221110064101.429013735@goodmis.org
---
 include/linux/timer.h |    7 +------
 kernel/time/timer.c   |    2 --
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 8 deletions(-)

--- a/include/linux/timer.h
+++ b/include/linux/timer.h
@@ -183,12 +183,7 @@ extern int timer_reduce(struct timer_lis
 extern void add_timer(struct timer_list *timer);
 
 extern int try_to_del_timer_sync(struct timer_list *timer);
-
-#if defined(CONFIG_SMP) || defined(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT)
-  extern int del_timer_sync(struct timer_list *timer);
-#else
-# define del_timer_sync(t)		del_timer(t)
-#endif
+extern int del_timer_sync(struct timer_list *timer);
 
 extern void init_timers(void);
 struct hrtimer;
--- a/kernel/time/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timer.c
@@ -1387,7 +1387,6 @@ static inline void timer_sync_wait_runni
 static inline void del_timer_wait_running(struct timer_list *timer) { }
 #endif
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_SMP) || defined(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT)
 /**
  * del_timer_sync - Deactivate a timer and wait for the handler to finish.
  * @timer:	The timer to be deactivated
@@ -1468,7 +1467,6 @@ int del_timer_sync(struct timer_list *ti
 	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(del_timer_sync);
-#endif
 
 static void call_timer_fn(struct timer_list *timer,
 			  void (*fn)(struct timer_list *),