On Thu, Mar 7, 2024 at 4:40 AM George Stark <gnstark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 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() > > Signed-off-by: George Stark <gnstark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@xxxxxxxxxx> > Hello Christophe. Hope you don't mind I put you SoB tag because you helped alot > to make this patch happen. You also need to figure out who should be the author of the patch and probably add a (missing) Co-developed-by. After all you should also follow the correct order of SoBs. -- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko
