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Struct apple_smc's mutex was not initialized before use. Surprisingly
this only resulted in occasional NULL pointer dereferences in
apple_smc_read() calls from the probe() functions of sub devices.

See also:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?h=v6.17-rc7#n94

Provide some context in your own words.

Would contributors like to care more also for the usage of imperative mood
in proposed commit messages?

Don't expect others to click random links.

Should the mentioned information source be better known since a while?

Regards,
Markus