[PATCH v2 01/10] devm-helpers: introduce devm_mutex_init

George Stark gnstark at salutedevices.com
Wed Dec 6 18:56:53 AEDT 2023


Hello Andy

Thanks for the review.

On 12/4/23 21:11, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 4, 2023 at 8:07 PM George Stark <gnstark at salutedevices.com> wrote:
>>
>> Using of devm API leads to 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() is
>> extended so introduce devm_mutex_init().
> 
> ...
> 
> Do you need to include mutex.h?
It's already included in linux/device.h which is included in 
devm-helpers. Should I include mutex.h explicitly?

> 
> ...
> 
>> +/**
>> + * devm_mutex_init - Resource-managed mutex initialization
>> + * @dev:       Device which lifetime work is bound to
>> + * @lock:      Pointer to a mutex
>> + *
>> + * Initialize mutex which is automatically destroyed when driver is detached.
> 
> the driver
> 
> Have you run scripts/kernel-doc -v -Wall -none ... against this file?
> I'm pretty sure it will complain.
It does with warning "No description found for return value". Fixed

> 
>> + */
> 
> 

-- 
Best regards
George


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