From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Jeremy Dean Clifton <deaner92@yahoo.com>
Cc: Marc Dietrich <marvin24@gmx.de>,
ac100@lists.launchpad.net, linux-tegra@vger.kernel.org,
linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
outreachy@lists.linux.dev, Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@inria.fr>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] staging: nvec: use guard(mutex) in nvec_write_sync()
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 08:15:08 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2026101335-expansive-veteran-c4d6@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261012222926.7754-1-deaner92@yahoo.com>
On Mon, Oct 12, 2026 at 10:29:26PM +0000, Jeremy Dean Clifton wrote:
> The three return paths of nvec_write_sync() each release
> sync_write_mutex with explicit unlock calls.
>
> Use guard(mutex) to unlock the lock automatically on any return
> path.
>
> This removes the three mutex_unlock() calls.
>
> No functional change.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jeremy Dean Clifton <deaner92@yahoo.com>
> ---
> v2:
> - Reword the commit message to state the motivation and to make
> clear that removing the mutex_unlock() calls is the result of
> the change (Julia Lawall).
> v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20261012171312.5998-1-deaner92@yahoo.com/
Please read the archives for why I will not take guard() rewrites of
staging drivers (nor do I want to see you use a LLM in here either.)
sorry,
greg k-h
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2026-10-12 22:29 ` Jeremy Dean Clifton
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2026-10-13 15:13 ` Jeremy Clifton
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