From: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx> The lifetime of the link_state structure (bridge->link_state) is not the same as the lifetime of "bridge" itself. The link_state is allocated by pcie_aspm_init_link_state() after children of the bridge have been enumerated, and it is deallocated by pcie_aspm_exit_link_state() after all children of the bridge (but not the bridge itself) have been removed. Previously pcie_aspm_enabled() acquired aspm_lock to ensure that link_state was not deallocated while we're looking at it. But the fact that the caller of pcie_aspm_enabled() holds a reference to @pdev means there's always at least one child of the bridge, which means link_state can't be deallocated. Remove the unnecessary locking in pcie_aspm_enabled(). Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/pci/pcie/aspm.c | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/pci/pcie/aspm.c b/drivers/pci/pcie/aspm.c index 652ef23bba35..f5c7138a34aa 100644 --- a/drivers/pci/pcie/aspm.c +++ b/drivers/pci/pcie/aspm.c @@ -1172,20 +1172,20 @@ module_param_call(policy, pcie_aspm_set_policy, pcie_aspm_get_policy, /** * pcie_aspm_enabled - Check if PCIe ASPM has been enabled for a device. * @pdev: Target device. + * + * Relies on the upstream bridge's link_state being valid. The link_state + * is deallocated only when the last child of the bridge (i.e., @pdev or a + * sibling) is removed, and the caller should be holding a reference to + * @pdev, so this should be safe. */ bool pcie_aspm_enabled(struct pci_dev *pdev) { struct pci_dev *bridge = pci_upstream_bridge(pdev); - bool ret; if (!bridge) return false; - mutex_lock(&aspm_lock); - ret = bridge->link_state ? !!bridge->link_state->aspm_enabled : false; - mutex_unlock(&aspm_lock); - - return ret; + return bridge->link_state ? !!bridge->link_state->aspm_enabled : false; } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pcie_aspm_enabled); -- 2.23.0.581.g78d2f28ef7-goog