The preempt_disable() section in module_put() was added in commit
e1783a240f491 ("module: Use this_cpu_xx to dynamically allocate counters")
while the per-CPU counter were switched to another API. The API requires
that during the RMW operation the CPU remained the same.
This counting API was later replaced with atomic_t in commit
2f35c41f58a97 ("module: Replace module_ref with atomic_t refcnt")
Since this atomic_t replacement there is no need to keep preemption
disabled while the reference counter is modified.
Remove preempt_disable() from module_put(), __module_get() and
try_module_get().
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/module/main.c | 7 -------
1 file changed, 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/module/main.c b/kernel/module/main.c
index 044aa2c9e3cb0..ea7d0c7f3e60d 100644
--- a/kernel/module/main.c
+++ b/kernel/module/main.c
@@ -820,10 +820,8 @@ static struct module_attribute modinfo_refcnt =
void __module_get(struct module *module)
{
if (module) {
- preempt_disable();
atomic_inc(&module->refcnt);
trace_module_get(module, _RET_IP_);
- preempt_enable();
}
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__module_get);
@@ -833,15 +831,12 @@ bool try_module_get(struct module *module)
bool ret = true;
if (module) {
- preempt_disable();
/* Note: here, we can fail to get a reference */
if (likely(module_is_live(module) &&
atomic_inc_not_zero(&module->refcnt) != 0))
trace_module_get(module, _RET_IP_);
else
ret = false;
-
- preempt_enable();
}
return ret;
}
@@ -852,11 +847,9 @@ void module_put(struct module *module)
int ret;
if (module) {
- preempt_disable();
ret = atomic_dec_if_positive(&module->refcnt);
WARN_ON(ret < 0); /* Failed to put refcount */
trace_module_put(module, _RET_IP_);
- preempt_enable();
}
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(module_put);
--
2.40.1
