[PATCH V5 05/14] i3c: Make dev->desc locking assumptions explicit

From: Adrian Hunter

Date: Fri Aug 07 2026 - 11:07:54 EST


i3c_device_get_info() takes the bus normal-use lock before accessing
dev->desc. Under that lock, the descriptor pointer is guaranteed to be
valid for the duration of the access.

Remove the unnecessary NULL check on dev->desc so the code more clearly
reflects the locking rules and expected descriptor lifetime.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Mukesh Savaliya <mukesh.savaliya@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Frank Li <Frank.Li@xxxxxxx>
---


Changes in V5:

Added Frank's Rev'd-by

Changes in V4:

Added Mukesh's Acked-by tag

Changes in V3:

New patch


drivers/i3c/device.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/i3c/device.c b/drivers/i3c/device.c
index a3778282e84c..5e6df6de0283 100644
--- a/drivers/i3c/device.c
+++ b/drivers/i3c/device.c
@@ -101,8 +101,7 @@ void i3c_device_get_info(const struct i3c_device *dev,
return;

i3c_bus_normaluse_lock(dev->bus);
- if (dev->desc)
- *info = dev->desc->info;
+ *info = dev->desc->info;
i3c_bus_normaluse_unlock(dev->bus);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(i3c_device_get_info);
--
2.53.0