linux-kernel - Re: [v2 13/14] drm/msm/hdmi: ensure that HDMI is one if HPD is requested

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Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2024 19:15:15 +0300
From: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@...aro.org>
To: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
Cc: dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, freedreno@...ts.freedesktop.org, 
	linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, Abhinav Kumar <quic_abhinavk@...cinc.com>, 
	Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>, David Airlie <airlied@...il.com>, 
	Marijn Suijten <marijn.suijten@...ainline.org>, Rob Clark <robdclark@...il.com>, 
	Sean Paul <sean@...rly.run>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, 
	Jessica Zhang <quic_jesszhan@...cinc.com>
Subject: Re: [v2 13/14] drm/msm/hdmi: ensure that HDMI is one if HPD is requested

On Wed, 12 Jun 2024 at 17:32, Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de> wrote:
>
> >> Would you become interested to apply a statement like “guard(mutex)(&hdmi->state_mutex);”?
> >> https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.10-rc3/source/include/linux/mutex.h#L196
> >
> > I am not.
>
> Under which circumstances will development interests grow for scope-based resource management?
> https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.10-rc3/source/include/linux/cleanup.h#L124

I consider guard() and free() to be counterintuitive, harder to follow
and semantically troublesome.

-- 
With best wishes
Dmitry