Re: [PATCH v7 2/3] firmware: add Exynos ACPM protocol driver

From: Tudor Ambarus
Date: Mon Feb 10 2025 - 03:59:18 EST




On 2/8/25 3:31 PM, Markus Elfring wrote:
>
>> +++ b/drivers/firmware/samsung/exynos-acpm.c
>> @@ -0,0 +1,771 @@
>
>> +static int acpm_dequeue_by_polling(struct acpm_chan *achan,
>> + const struct acpm_xfer *xfer)
>> +{
>
>> + do {
>> + mutex_lock(&achan->rx_lock);
>> + ret = acpm_get_rx(achan, xfer);
>> + mutex_unlock(&achan->rx_lock);
>
>
> Under which circumstances would you become interested to apply a statement
> like “guard(mutex)(&achan->rx_lock);”?
> https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.13.1/source/include/linux/mutex.h#L201

I'll replace the open-coded mutex handling with cleanup.h guard(mutex)
and scoped_guard(mutex, ...), thanks.

Cheers,
ta