Re: [PATCH net-next v3 2/4] net: ti: icss-iep: Remove spinlock-based synchronization

[Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>]

On Fri, Jun 07, 2024 at 02:02:43PM +0100, Diogo Ivo wrote:
> As all sources of concurrency in hardware register access occur in
> non-interrupt context eliminate spinlock-based synchronization and
> rely on the mutex-based synchronization that is already present.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Diogo Ivo <diogo.ivo@siemens.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/ti/icssg/icss_iep.c | 10 ----------
>  1 file changed, 10 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/icssg/icss_iep.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/icssg/icss_iep.c
> index 3025e9c18970..1d6ccdf2583f 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/icssg/icss_iep.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/icssg/icss_iep.c
> @@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ struct icss_iep {
>  	struct ptp_clock_info ptp_info;
>  	struct ptp_clock *ptp_clock;
>  	struct mutex ptp_clk_mutex;	/* PHC access serializer */
> -	spinlock_t irq_lock; /* CMP IRQ vs icss_iep_ptp_enable access */
>  	u32 def_inc;
>  	s16 slow_cmp_inc;
>  	u32 slow_cmp_count;
> @@ -199,7 +198,6 @@ static void icss_iep_settime(struct icss_iep *iep, u64 ns)
>  		return;
>  	}
>  
> -	spin_lock_irqsave(&iep->irq_lock, flags);
>  	if (iep->pps_enabled || iep->perout_enabled)
>  		writel(0, iep->base + iep->plat_data->reg_offs[ICSS_IEP_SYNC_CTRL_REG]);
>  
> @@ -210,7 +208,6 @@ static void icss_iep_settime(struct icss_iep *iep, u64 ns)
>  		writel(IEP_SYNC_CTRL_SYNC_N_EN(0) | IEP_SYNC_CTRL_SYNC_EN,
>  		       iep->base + iep->plat_data->reg_offs[ICSS_IEP_SYNC_CTRL_REG]);
>  	}
> -	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&iep->irq_lock, flags);
>  }
>  
>  /**

Hi Diogo,

This is not a full review, but flags is now unused in icss_iep_settime()
and should be removed.  Likewise in icss_iep_perout_enable() and
icss_iep_pps_enable().

Flagged by W=1 builds with gcc-13 and clang-18.

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