In storvsc driver, inbound messages do not go through inbound lock. The only effect of this lock was is to provide a barrier for connect and remove logic. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c | 1 - drivers/scsi/storvsc_drv.c | 8 +++----- include/linux/hyperv.h | 1 - 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c b/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c index 735f9363f2e4..685572bae1f0 100644 --- a/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c +++ b/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c @@ -332,7 +332,6 @@ static struct vmbus_channel *alloc_channel(void) if (!channel) return NULL; - spin_lock_init(&channel->inbound_lock); spin_lock_init(&channel->lock); INIT_LIST_HEAD(&channel->sc_list); diff --git a/drivers/scsi/storvsc_drv.c b/drivers/scsi/storvsc_drv.c index f8a1649e4c63..8d955db6424f 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/storvsc_drv.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/storvsc_drv.c @@ -1206,13 +1206,13 @@ static int storvsc_connect_to_vsp(struct hv_device *device, u32 ring_size, static int storvsc_dev_remove(struct hv_device *device) { struct storvsc_device *stor_device; - unsigned long flags; stor_device = hv_get_drvdata(device); - spin_lock_irqsave(&device->channel->inbound_lock, flags); stor_device->destroy = true; - spin_unlock_irqrestore(&device->channel->inbound_lock, flags); + + /* Make sure flag is set before waiting */ + wmb(); /* * At this point, all outbound traffic should be disable. We @@ -1229,9 +1229,7 @@ static int storvsc_dev_remove(struct hv_device *device) * we have drained - to drain the outgoing packets, we need to * allow incoming packets. */ - spin_lock_irqsave(&device->channel->inbound_lock, flags); hv_set_drvdata(device, NULL); - spin_unlock_irqrestore(&device->channel->inbound_lock, flags); /* Close the channel */ vmbus_close(device->channel); diff --git a/include/linux/hyperv.h b/include/linux/hyperv.h index e09fc8290c2f..b7d7bbec74e0 100644 --- a/include/linux/hyperv.h +++ b/include/linux/hyperv.h @@ -744,7 +744,6 @@ struct vmbus_channel { u32 ringbuffer_pagecount; struct hv_ring_buffer_info outbound; /* send to parent */ struct hv_ring_buffer_info inbound; /* receive from parent */ - spinlock_t inbound_lock; struct vmbus_close_msg close_msg; -- 2.11.0