x86/microcode/intel: Remove pointless mutex

There is no concurrency.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230812195728.069849788@linutronix.de

Author: KAGA-KOKO

arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c

@@ -397,22 +397,6 @@ scan_microcode(void *data, size_t size, struct ucode_cpu_info *uci, bool save)
 	return patch;
 }
 
-/*
- * Save this microcode patch. It will be loaded early when a CPU is
- * hot-added or resumes.
- */
-static void save_mc_for_early(struct ucode_cpu_info *uci, u8 *mc, unsigned int size)
-{
-	/* Synchronization during CPU hotplug. */
-	static DEFINE_MUTEX(x86_cpu_microcode_mutex);
-
-	mutex_lock(&x86_cpu_microcode_mutex);
-
-	save_microcode_patch(uci, mc, size);
-
-	mutex_unlock(&x86_cpu_microcode_mutex);
-}
-
 static bool load_builtin_intel_microcode(struct cpio_data *cp)
 {
 	unsigned int eax = 1, ebx, ecx = 0, edx;
@@ -829,12 +813,8 @@ static enum ucode_state generic_load_microcode(int cpu, struct iov_iter *iter)
 	vfree(uci->mc);
 	uci->mc = (struct microcode_intel *)new_mc;
 
-	/*
-	 * If early loading microcode is supported, save this mc into
-	 * permanent memory. So it will be loaded early when a CPU is hot added
-	 * or resumes.
-	 */
-	save_mc_for_early(uci, new_mc, new_mc_size);
+	/* Save for CPU hotplug */
+	save_microcode_patch(uci, new_mc, new_mc_size);
 
 	pr_debug("CPU%d found a matching microcode update with version 0x%x (current=0x%x)\n",
 		 cpu, new_rev, uci->cpu_sig.rev);