Re: [PATCH v6 04/28] media: iris: introduce iris core state management with shared queues

From: Markus Elfring
Date: Wed Nov 20 2024 - 10:55:35 EST



> +++ b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_core.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@

> +void iris_core_deinit(struct iris_core *core)
> +{
> + mutex_lock(&core->lock);
> + iris_hfi_queues_deinit(core);
> + core->state = IRIS_CORE_DEINIT;
> + mutex_unlock(&core->lock);
> +}


Under which circumstances would you become interested to apply a statement
like “guard(mutex)(&core->lock);”?
https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.12/source/include/linux/mutex.h#L201

Regards,
Markus