linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] pinctrl: mcp23s08: Improve unlocking of a mutex in mcp23s08

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Date:   Wed, 29 Nov 2017 13:51:35 +0100
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Cc:     linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org,
        Sebastian Reichel <sebastian.reichel@...labora.co.uk>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] pinctrl: mcp23s08: Improve unlocking of a mutex in mcp23s08_irq()

On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 4:46 PM, SF Markus Elfring
<elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net> wrote:

> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2017 16:03:12 +0100
>
> * Add a jump target so that a call of the function "mutex_unlock" is stored
>   only twice in this function implementation.
>
> * Replace five calls by goto statements.
>
> * Adjust five condition checks.
>
> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
>
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>

Nice, patch applied.

Yours,
Linus Walleij