[PATCH] chardev: Switch to guard(mutex)
From: chen zhang
Date: Mon Dec 15 2025 - 01:07:07 EST
Instead of using the 'goto label; mutex_unlock()' pattern use
'guard(mutex)' which will release the mutex when it goes out of scope.
Signed-off-by: chen zhang <chenzhang@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/char_dev.c | 13 +++++--------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/char_dev.c b/fs/char_dev.c
index c2ddb998f3c9..ca6037304e19 100644
--- a/fs/char_dev.c
+++ b/fs/char_dev.c
@@ -117,14 +117,15 @@ __register_chrdev_region(unsigned int major, unsigned int baseminor,
if (cd == NULL)
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
- mutex_lock(&chrdevs_lock);
+ guard(mutex)(&chrdevs_lock);
if (major == 0) {
ret = find_dynamic_major();
if (ret < 0) {
pr_err("CHRDEV \"%s\" dynamic allocation region is full\n",
name);
- goto out;
+ kfree(cd);
+ return ERR_PTR(ret);
}
major = ret;
}
@@ -144,7 +145,8 @@ __register_chrdev_region(unsigned int major, unsigned int baseminor,
if (curr->baseminor >= baseminor + minorct)
break;
- goto out;
+ kfree(cd);
+ return ERR_PTR(ret);
}
cd->major = major;
@@ -160,12 +162,7 @@ __register_chrdev_region(unsigned int major, unsigned int baseminor,
prev->next = cd;
}
- mutex_unlock(&chrdevs_lock);
return cd;
-out:
- mutex_unlock(&chrdevs_lock);
- kfree(cd);
- return ERR_PTR(ret);
}
static struct char_device_struct *
--
2.25.1