linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: vme_user: vme_bridge.h: Fix mutex without comment warning

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Message-ID: <2024073127-babbling-antiquely-22a2@gregkh>
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2024 09:44:50 +0200
From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Riyan Dhiman <riyandhiman14@...il.com>
Cc: dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: vme_user: vme_bridge.h: Fix mutex without
 comment warning

On Wed, Jul 31, 2024 at 01:06:05PM +0530, Riyan Dhiman wrote:
> Adhere to Linux kernel coding style
> 
> Reported by checkpatch:
> 
> CHECK: mutex definition without comment
> 
> Signed-off-by: Riyan Dhiman <riyandhiman14@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/vme_user/vme_bridge.h | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/vme_user/vme_bridge.h b/drivers/staging/vme_user/vme_bridge.h
> index 9bdc41bb6602..0b1f05944f0d 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/vme_user/vme_bridge.h
> +++ b/drivers/staging/vme_user/vme_bridge.h
> @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ struct vme_master_resource {
>  struct vme_slave_resource {
>  	struct list_head list;
>  	struct vme_bridge *parent;
> +	/* Locking for VME slave resources */

Are you sure about all of these?  Please document them individually and
put the proof of that in the changelog text.

thanks,

greg k-h