Re: [PATCH 1/1] counter: intel-qep: Use devm_mutex_init()

["Ilpo Järvinen" <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>]

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On Fri, 29 May 2026, William Breathitt Gray wrote:

> On Fri, May 22, 2026 at 10:36:15AM +0900, William Breathitt Gray wrote:
> > 
> > On Wed, 20 May 2026 14:18:12 +0300, Ilpo Järvinen wrote:
> > > intel_qep_probe() calls mutex_init() but lacks the pairing
> > > mutex_destroy() calls. Convert to devm_mutex_init() which handles
> > > cleanup automatically.
> > >
> > >
> > 
> > Applied, thanks!
> > 
> > [1/1] counter: intel-qep: Use devm_mutex_init()
> >       commit: ff35c72101d1dc6793496ade9c1bc3d70dd27bdd
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > --
> > William Breathitt Gray <wbg@kernel.org>
> 
> Hello Ilpo,
> 
> In a similar patch[^1], Jonathan made a good point that a Fixes tag may
> not be appropriate for this patch when it only affects debug information
> as Joshua pointed out[^2].
> 
> So I am going to treat this as an update patch to intel-qep rather than
> a bug fix and remove the Fixes tag and stable@vger.kernel.org CC line
> from the description. If you feel that this patch really should be
> picked up by the stable trees, please let us know and we can discuss
> further.

Hi,

It's fine for me to leave those tags out if you so prefer.

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