linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] leds: leds-lp55xx: Convert mutex lock/unlock to guard API

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Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2024 07:52:28 +0200
From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To: Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@...il.com>, linux-leds@...r.kernel.org,
 Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>, Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] leds: leds-lp55xx: Convert mutex lock/unlock to guard
 API

> Convert any entry of mutex lock/unlock to guard API and simplify code.

Thanks that you would like to support another bit of collateral evolution.

* Would you get into the mood to benefit any more from applications
  of scope-based resource management?

* Will development interests accordingly grow to adjust further source code places
  according to known pairs of function calls?

> With the use of guard API, handling for selttest functions can be

                                          selftest?

> greatly simplified.

I find cover letters helpful for patch series.

…
> +++ b/drivers/leds/leds-lp5521.c
> @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
>   *          Milo(Woogyom) Kim <milo.kim@...com>
>   */
>
> +#include <linux/cleanup.h>
>  #include <linux/delay.h>
>  #include <linux/firmware.h>
…

I guess that this proposed addition is not directly needed here (and related places)
because the header file is included for the macro call “DEFINE_GUARD(mutex, …)” already.
https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.10-rc5/source/include/linux/mutex.h#L22

…
> @@ -185,9 +186,9 @@ static ssize_t lp5521_selftest(struct device *dev,
>  	struct lp55xx_chip *chip = led->chip;
>  	int ret;
>
> -	mutex_lock(&chip->lock);
> +	guard(mutex, &chip->lock);
> +
>  	ret = lp5521_run_selftest(chip, buf);
> -	mutex_unlock(&chip->lock);
>
>  	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%s\n", ret ? "FAIL" : "OK");
>  }
…

How do you think about to omit any blank lines (also at similar places)?

Regards,
Markus