[PATCH v6 1/9] locking/mutex: introduce devm_mutex_init

[Marek Behún]

On Thu, 14 Mar 2024 11:45:23 +0300
George Stark <gnstark at salutedevices.com> wrote:

> Using of devm API leads to a certain order of releasing resources.
> So all dependent resources which are not devm-wrapped should be deleted
> with respect to devm-release order. Mutex is one of such objects that
> often is bound to other resources and has no own devm wrapping.
> Since mutex_destroy() actually does nothing in non-debug builds
> frequently calling mutex_destroy() is just ignored which is safe for now
> but wrong formally and can lead to a problem if mutex_destroy() will be
> extended so introduce devm_mutex_init()
> 
> Signed-off-by: George Stark <gnstark at salutedevices.com>
> Suggested by-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy at csgroup.eu>

Reviewed-by: Marek Behún <kabel at kernel.org>