Re: [PATCH 3/5] hwmon: Add a generic interface for userspace implementations

[Markus Elfring]

…
> +++ b/drivers/hwmon/uhwmon.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,641 @@
…
> +static void uhwmon_disconnect(struct uhwmon_device *data)
> +{
> +	mutex_lock(&data->lock);
> +	data->online = false;
…
> +	mutex_unlock(&data->lock);
> +	wake_up_all(&data->wait);
> +}
…

Under which circumstances would you become interested to apply a statement
like “guard(mutex)(&data->lock);”?
https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v7.3-rc6/source/include/linux/mutex.h#L253

Regards,
Markus