Re: [PATCH 0/2] Add calls to mutex_destroy in virtio_balloon and virtio_mem
From: David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
Date: Mon Nov 24 2025 - 04:42:26 EST
On 11/23/25 18:57, Maurice Hieronymus wrote:
In [1] it is pointed out that each mutex_init call should have a
corresponding call to mutex_destroy; otherwise, it is considered a bug.
IIUC, mutex_destroy() only ever does something during with
CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES. And there, it performs mostly sanity checks (so
it's not some missed memory freeing etc).
I wonder whether we should still ad Fixes tags.
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Cheers
David