Re: [PATCH v2 08/29] arm_mpam: Add the class and component structures for firmware described ris

[Markus Elfring]

…
> +++ b/drivers/resctrl/mpam_devices.c
…
> > +int mpam_ris_create(struct mpam_msc *msc, u8 ris_idx,
> +		    enum mpam_class_types type, u8 class_id, int component_id)
> +{
> +	int err;
> +
> +	mutex_lock(&mpam_list_lock);
> +	err = mpam_ris_create_locked(msc, ris_idx, type, class_id,
> +				     component_id);
> +	mutex_unlock(&mpam_list_lock);
…

Under which circumstances would you become interested to apply a statement
like “guard(mutex)(&mpam_list_lock);”?
https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.17-rc5/source/include/linux/mutex.h#L228

Regards,
Markus