Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: mpfs-mssio: remove unused mutex

From: Linus Walleij

Date: Thu Nov 05 2026 - 03:16:20 EST


On Fri, Oct 30, 2026 at 7:15 PM Conor Dooley <conor@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The pinctrl core creates a mutex that is used to protect things like the
> generic dt node mapping functions. The (currently) unused mutex was added
> when the driver was in RFC state and contained a custom dt node mapping
> function, and used the driver's own mutex to protect it. The driver
> probably could have borrowed the core's, but this is moot since the merged
> version of the driver no longer has a custom dt node mapper. Remove the
> unused mutex.
>
> Signed-off-by: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Patch applied!

Yours,
Linus Walleij