linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 05/25] timekeeping: Simplify code in timekeeping

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Message-ID: <CANDhNCr8NL0ZgOdoOmFJffkQxAvGfJLekszuE0DGvdHiRNkgQw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2024 14:00:32 -0700
From: John Stultz <jstultz@...gle.com>
To: Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@...utronix.de>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, 
	Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@...hat.com>, Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>, 
	Christopher S Hall <christopher.s.hall@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 05/25] timekeeping: Simplify code in timekeeping_advance()

On Wed, Oct 9, 2024 at 1:29 AM Anna-Maria Behnsen
<anna-maria@...utronix.de> wrote:
>
> From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
>
> From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
>
> timekeeping_advance() takes the timekeeper_lock and releases it before
> returning. When an early return is required, goto statements are used to
> make sure the lock is realeased properly. When the code was written the
> locking guard() was not yet available.
>
> Use the guard() to simplify the code and while at it cleanup ordering of
> function variables. No functional change.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Signed-off-by: Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@...utronix.de>

Acked-by: John Stultz <jstultz@...gle.com>