On Fri, Dec 15, 2023 at 8:23 AM Christophe Leroy
<christophe.leroy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: George Stark <gnstark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Using of devm API leads to a certain order of releasing resources.
> So all dependent resources which are not devm-wrapped should be deleted
> with respect to devm-release order. Mutex is one of such objects that
> often is bound to other resources and has no own devm wrapping.
> Since mutex_destroy() actually does nothing in non-debug builds
> frequently calling mutex_destroy() is just ignored which is safe for now
> but wrong formally and can lead to a problem if mutex_destroy() will be
> extended so introduce devm_mutex_init()
Missing period.
...
> } while (0)
> #endif /* CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT */
^^^ (1)
> +struct device;
> +
> +/*
> + * devm_mutex_init() registers a function that calls mutex_destroy()
> + * when the ressource is released.
> + *
> + * When mutex_destroy() is a not, there is no need to register that
> + * function.
> + */
> +#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES
Shouldn't this be
#if defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES) && !defined(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT)
(see (1) as well)?
> +void mutex_destroy(struct mutex *lock);
> +int devm_mutex_init(struct device *dev, struct mutex *lock);
> +#else
> +static inline void mutex_destroy(struct mutex *lock) {}
> +
> +static inline int devm_mutex_init(struct device *dev, struct mutex *lock)
> +{
> + mutex_init(lock);
> + return 0;
> +}
> +#endif
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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko
