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authorDan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>2022-04-21 08:33:45 -0700
committerDan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>2022-04-28 14:01:55 -0700
commitfd3abd2cafa46955846d731b9a6ded2c19ab73d8 (patch)
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parentnvdimm: Drop nd_device_lock() (diff)
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device-core: Kill the lockdep_mutex
Per Peter [1], the lockdep API has native support for all the use cases lockdep_mutex was attempting to enable. Now that all lockdep_mutex users have been converted to those APIs, drop this lock. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/Ylf0dewci8myLvoW@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net [1] Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org> Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com> Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/165055522548.3745911.14298368286915484086.stgit@dwillia2-desk3.amr.corp.intel.com Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/device.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/device.h5
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diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index 833b0b3b0193..073f1b0126ac 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -400,8 +400,6 @@ struct dev_msi_info {
* This identifies the device type and carries type-specific
* information.
* @mutex: Mutex to synchronize calls to its driver.
- * @lockdep_mutex: An optional debug lock that a subsystem can use as a
- * peer lock to gain localized lockdep coverage of the device_lock.
* @bus: Type of bus device is on.
* @driver: Which driver has allocated this
* @platform_data: Platform data specific to the device.
@@ -499,9 +497,6 @@ struct device {
core doesn't touch it */
void *driver_data; /* Driver data, set and get with
dev_set_drvdata/dev_get_drvdata */
-#ifdef CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING
- struct mutex lockdep_mutex;
-#endif
struct mutex mutex; /* mutex to synchronize calls to
* its driver.
*/