Thread (36 messages) 36 messages, 6 authors, 2023-12-07

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

From: George Stark <hidden>
Date: 2023-12-06 07:56:36
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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 [off-list ref] wrote:
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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?
...
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+/**
+ * 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
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+ */
-- 
Best regards
George
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