i40e: Remove unnecessary synchronize_irq() before free_irq()
authorMinghao Chi <chi.minghao@zte.com.cn>
Wed, 18 May 2022 21:31:11 +0000 (14:31 -0700)
committerTony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>
Tue, 21 Jun 2022 20:50:38 +0000 (13:50 -0700)
Calling synchronize_irq() right before free_irq() is quite useless. On one
hand the IRQ can easily fire again before free_irq() is entered, on the
other hand free_irq() itself calls synchronize_irq() internally (in a race
condition free way), before any state associated with the IRQ is freed.

Reported-by: Zeal Robot <zealci@zte.com.cn>
Signed-off-by: Minghao Chi <chi.minghao@zte.com.cn>
Tested-by: Gurucharan <gurucharanx.g@intel.com> (A Contingent worker at Intel)
Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c

index 83e0cf475ebd73d802523aabd0e5d2e351529b0a..797f61b2cd966584ec12228752ba54e12765d6e9 100644 (file)
@@ -4162,7 +4162,6 @@ static void i40e_free_misc_vector(struct i40e_pf *pf)
        i40e_flush(&pf->hw);
 
        if (pf->flags & I40E_FLAG_MSIX_ENABLED && pf->msix_entries) {
-               synchronize_irq(pf->msix_entries[0].vector);
                free_irq(pf->msix_entries[0].vector, pf);
                clear_bit(__I40E_MISC_IRQ_REQUESTED, pf->state);
        }
@@ -4901,7 +4900,6 @@ static void i40e_vsi_free_irq(struct i40e_vsi *vsi)
                        irq_set_affinity_notifier(irq_num, NULL);
                        /* remove our suggested affinity mask for this IRQ */
                        irq_update_affinity_hint(irq_num, NULL);
-                       synchronize_irq(irq_num);
                        free_irq(irq_num, vsi->q_vectors[i]);
 
                        /* Tear down the interrupt queue link list