… > [ tglx: Use guard() instead of goto ] … > +++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3-its.c … > @@ -1992,6 +1970,8 @@ static int its_irq_set_vcpu_affinity(struct irq_data *d, void *vcpu_info) > if (!is_v4(its_dev->its)) > return -EINVAL; > > + guard(raw_spinlock_irq, &its_dev->event_map.vlpi_lock); > + > /* Unmap request? */ > if (!info) > return its_vlpi_unmap(d); I found a similar guard() call in the implementation of the function “task_state_match”. https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.10-rc2/source/kernel/sched/core.c#L2264 A slightly different combination of parentheses is applied there. How do you think about to apply the following code variant accordingly? + guard(raw_spinlock_irq)(&its_dev->event_map.vlpi_lock); Regards, Markus