Re: [PATCH v2] staging: iio: frequency: ad9832: use devm_mutex_init()

[Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org>]

On Sat, 31 Oct 2026 14:42:36 +0530
Nithishvelan M <mnithishvelan@gmail.com> wrote:

> Replace mutex_init() with devm_mutex_init() in ad9832_probe() and
> check its return value. The driver already uses devm_* helpers for
> its other resources and has no remove() callback, so this ensures
> the mutex is destroyed automatically on teardown when mutex
> debugging is enabled.
> 
> No functional change intended. Compile-tested only.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nithishvelan M <mnithishvelan@gmail.com>
Applied.

Thanks,

Jonathan

> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Add blank line after "st->spi = spi;" (Andy)
> 
>  drivers/staging/iio/frequency/ad9832.c | 5 ++++-
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/frequency/ad9832.c b/drivers/staging/iio/frequency/ad9832.c
> index 35f823f24f..e3b4e19a8d 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/iio/frequency/ad9832.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/iio/frequency/ad9832.c
> @@ -325,7 +325,10 @@ static int ad9832_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
>  		return PTR_ERR(st->mclk);
>  
>  	st->spi = spi;
> -	mutex_init(&st->lock);
> +
> +	ret = devm_mutex_init(&spi->dev, &st->lock);
> +	if (ret)
> +		return ret;
>  
>  	indio_dev->name = spi_get_device_id(spi)->name;
>  	indio_dev->info = &ad9832_info;