Re: [PATCH] locking/mutex: annotate __devm_mutex_init() with __must_check

From: Thomas Weißschuh
Date: Mon Apr 07 2025 - 03:30:03 EST


On Mon, Apr 07, 2025 at 09:03:46AM +0200, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Unlike the non-managed mutex_init(), devm_mutex_init() can fail (for
> instance: on OOM). Now that we've fixed all instances of users not
> checking the return value, annotate it with __must_check to avoid this
> problem in the future.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/linux/mutex.h | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/mutex.h b/include/linux/mutex.h
> index 2143d05116be..e194f8c22d72 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mutex.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mutex.h
> @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ do { \
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES
>
> -int __devm_mutex_init(struct device *dev, struct mutex *lock);
> +int __must_check __devm_mutex_init(struct device *dev, struct mutex *lock);

This didn't work for me, see [0].

"Unfortunately __must_check/warn_unused_result don't propagate through
statement expression."

Also it is missing the !CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES case.
I'll resend my patch once more.


[0] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20250208-must_check-devm_mutex_init-v3-2-245e417dcc9e@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

>
> #else
>
>
> ---
> base-commit: 0af2f6be1b4281385b618cb86ad946eded089ac8
> change-id: 20250326-devm-mutex-must-check-8c1b94ae151f
>
> Best regards,
> --
> Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxx>
>