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

From: Bartosz Golaszewski
Date: Mon Apr 07 2025 - 03:33:18 EST


On Mon, Apr 7, 2025 at 9:21 AM Thomas Weißschuh
<thomas.weissschuh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 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/
>

Thanks, I should have actually tested it, duh.

Bartosz