On Mon, Sep 06, 2021 at 09:47:54PM +0900, Tetsuo Handa wrote: > + mutex_lock(&brd_devices_mutex); > + list_for_each_entry(brd, &brd_devices, brd_list) { > + if (brd->brd_number != i) > + continue; > + mutex_unlock(&brd_devices_mutex); > + return -EEXIST; Nit: I'd do this as: if (brd->brd_number == i) { mutex_unlock(&brd_devices_mutex); return -EEXIST; } to flow a little nicer. Otherwise looks good: Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>