linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: stmmac: Initialize the other members except the est->lock

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Date: Tue, 7 May 2024 19:03:48 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Xiaolei Wang <xiaolei.wang@...driver.com>
Cc: alexandre.torgue@...s.st.com, joabreu@...opsys.com, davem@...emloft.net,
 edumazet@...gle.com, pabeni@...hat.com, mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com,
 netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-stm32@...md-mailman.stormreply.com,
 linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: stmmac: Initialize the other members except the
 est->lock

On Sat,  4 May 2024 07:18:04 +0800 Xiaolei Wang wrote:
> Reinitialize the whole est structure would also reset the mutex lock
> which is embedded in the est structure, and then trigger the following
> warning. To address this, define all the other members except mutex lock
> as a struct group and use that for the reinitialization. We also need
> to require the mutex lock when doing this initialization.

Seems better to move the lock outside of the struct to 
struct plat_stmmacenet_data.