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* [PATCH] platform/x86: dell-uart-backlight: switch to devm_mutex_init()
@ 2026-10-26  4:23 chitranshmandhaniya
  2026-10-26 11:50 ` Hans de Goede
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: chitranshmandhaniya @ 2026-10-26  4:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: hansg, ilpo.jarvinen
  Cc: platform-driver-x86, linux-kernel, Chitransh_Mandhaniya

From: Chitransh Mandhaniya <Chitransh_Mandhaniya@dell.com>

Replace mutex_init() with devm_mutex_init() so that the mutex is
automatically destroyed on driver removal via devres. The driver was
missing a mutex_destroy() call on the teardown path.

Suggested-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Chitransh Mandhaniya <Chitransh_Mandhaniya@dell.com>
---
 drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-uart-backlight.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-uart-backlight.c b/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-uart-backlight.c
index f323a667dc2d..2ed2f00d8c49 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-uart-backlight.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-uart-backlight.c
@@ -279,7 +279,9 @@ static int dell_uart_bl_serdev_probe(struct serdev_device *serdev)
 	if (!dell_bl)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	mutex_init(&dell_bl->mutex);
+	ret = devm_mutex_init(dev, &dell_bl->mutex);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 	init_waitqueue_head(&dell_bl->wait_queue);
 	dell_bl->dev = dev;
 
-- 
2.43.0


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* Re: [PATCH] platform/x86: dell-uart-backlight: switch to devm_mutex_init()
  2026-10-26  4:23 [PATCH] platform/x86: dell-uart-backlight: switch to devm_mutex_init() chitranshmandhaniya
@ 2026-10-26 11:50 ` Hans de Goede
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Hans de Goede @ 2026-10-26 11:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: chitranshmandhaniya, ilpo.jarvinen
  Cc: platform-driver-x86, linux-kernel, Chitransh_Mandhaniya

Hi,

On 26-Oct-26 5:23 AM, chitranshmandhaniya@gmail.com wrote:
> From: Chitransh Mandhaniya <Chitransh_Mandhaniya@dell.com>
> 
> Replace mutex_init() with devm_mutex_init() so that the mutex is
> automatically destroyed on driver removal via devres. The driver was
> missing a mutex_destroy() call on the teardown path.
> 
> Suggested-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Chitransh Mandhaniya <Chitransh_Mandhaniya@dell.com>

Thanks, patch looks good to me:

Reviewed-by: Hans de Goede <johannes.goede@oss.qualcomm.com>

Regards,

Hans

> ---
>  drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-uart-backlight.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-uart-backlight.c b/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-uart-backlight.c
> index f323a667dc2d..2ed2f00d8c49 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-uart-backlight.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-uart-backlight.c
> @@ -279,7 +279,9 @@ static int dell_uart_bl_serdev_probe(struct serdev_device *serdev)
>  	if (!dell_bl)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
>  
> -	mutex_init(&dell_bl->mutex);
> +	ret = devm_mutex_init(dev, &dell_bl->mutex);
> +	if (ret)
> +		return ret;
>  	init_waitqueue_head(&dell_bl->wait_queue);
>  	dell_bl->dev = dev;
>  


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