Re: [PATCH 3/3] leds: leds-lp55xx: Convert mutex lock/unlock to guard API

[Lee Jones]

On Wed, 10 Jul 2024, Markus Elfring wrote:

> …
> > +++ b/drivers/leds/leds-lp5521.c
> …
> > @@ -185,9 +186,9 @@ static ssize_t lp5521_selftest(struct device *dev,
> >  	struct lp55xx_chip *chip = led->chip;
> >  	int ret;
> >
> > -	mutex_lock(&chip->lock);
> > +	guard(mutex, &chip->lock);
> 
> How did you come to the conclusion to try such a syntax variant out?
> 
> Would the following statement (with additional parentheses) be more appropriate?
> 
> 	guard(mutex)(&chip->lock);

Yes, that's the fix.

I'm more concerned with how untested patches came to being submitted.

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Lee Jones [李琼斯]