[PATCH 11/11] reboot: retire hw_protection_reboot and hw_protection_shutdown helpers

Ahmad Fatoum a.fatoum at pengutronix.de
Thu Dec 19 07:31:32 UTC 2024


The hw_protection_reboot and hw_protection_shutdown functions mix
mechanism with policy: They let the driver requesting an emergency
action for hardware protection also decide how to deal with it.

This is inadequate in the general case as a driver reporting e.g. an
imminent power failure can't know whether a shutdown or a reboot would
be more appropriate for a given hardware platform.

With the addition of the hw_protection parameter, it's now possible to
configure at runtime the default emergency action and drivers are
expected to use hw_protection_trigger to have this parameter dictate
policy.

As no current users of either hw_protection_shutdown or
hw_protection_shutdown helpers remain, remove them, as not to tempt
driver authors to call them.

Existing users now either defer to hw_protection_trigger or call
__hw_protection_trigger with a suitable argument directly when
they have inside knowledge on whether a reboot or shutdown would
be more appropriate.

Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum at pengutronix.de>
---
 include/linux/reboot.h | 10 ----------
 1 file changed, 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/reboot.h b/include/linux/reboot.h
index 281696f509932e444eadd453fb0233aa7a07fbce..5c709463a7f85189e169bbaeb8bb7b115b20c996 100644
--- a/include/linux/reboot.h
+++ b/include/linux/reboot.h
@@ -200,16 +200,6 @@ static inline void hw_protection_trigger(const char *reason, int ms_until_forced
 	__hw_protection_trigger(reason, ms_until_forced, HWPROT_ACT_DEFAULT);
 }
 
-static inline void hw_protection_reboot(const char *reason, int ms_until_forced)
-{
-	__hw_protection_trigger(reason, ms_until_forced, HWPROT_ACT_REBOOT);
-}
-
-static inline void hw_protection_shutdown(const char *reason, int ms_until_forced)
-{
-	__hw_protection_trigger(reason, ms_until_forced, HWPROT_ACT_SHUTDOWN);
-}
-
 /*
  * Emergency restart, callable from an interrupt handler.
  */

-- 
2.39.5




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