linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 05/15] ACPI: platform_profile: Move sanity check out of the mutex

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Message-ID: <911429e0-3807-255a-4ab5-d89c6d6ce0d7@linux.intel.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 12:12:23 +0200 (EET)
From: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>
To: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@....com>
cc: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>, 
    "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>, Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>, 
    Maximilian Luz <luzmaximilian@...il.com>, Lee Chun-Yi <jlee@...e.com>, 
    Shyam Sundar S K <Shyam-sundar.S-k@....com>, 
    Corentin Chary <corentin.chary@...il.com>, 
    "Luke D . Jones" <luke@...nes.dev>, Ike Panhc <ike.pan@...onical.com>, 
    Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@....eng.br>, 
    Alexis Belmonte <alexbelm48@...il.com>, 
    Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>, 
    Ai Chao <aichao@...inos.cn>, Gergo Koteles <soyer@....hu>, 
    open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, 
    "open list:ACPI" <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>, 
    "open list:MICROSOFT SURFACE PLATFORM PROFILE DRIVER" <platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org>, 
    "open list:THINKPAD ACPI EXTRAS DRIVER" <ibm-acpi-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>, 
    Mark Pearson <mpearson-lenovo@...ebb.ca>, 
    Matthew Schwartz <matthew.schwartz@...ux.dev>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 05/15] ACPI: platform_profile: Move sanity check out
 of the mutex

On Sun, 27 Oct 2024, Mario Limonciello wrote:

> The sanity check that the platform handler had choices set doesn't
> need the mutex taken.  Move it to earlier in the registration.
> 
> Tested-by: Matthew Schwartz <matthew.schwartz@...ux.dev>
> Signed-off-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@....com>
> ---
>  drivers/acpi/platform_profile.c | 13 ++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/platform_profile.c b/drivers/acpi/platform_profile.c
> index 0c60fc970b6e8..c20256bb39579 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/platform_profile.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/platform_profile.c
> @@ -180,6 +180,12 @@ int platform_profile_register(struct platform_profile_handler *pprof)
>  {
>  	int err;
>  
> +	/* Sanity check the profile handler field are set */
> +	if (!pprof || bitmap_empty(pprof->choices, PLATFORM_PROFILE_LAST) ||
> +		!pprof->profile_set || !pprof->profile_get) {

While moving the line, please change the misleading indentation too 
(you'd have probably done it based on my comment on v1 too but since 
this series has changed things a bit, I'm noting it also against this 
patch).

-- 
 i.

> +		return -EINVAL;
> +	}
> +
>  	mutex_lock(&profile_lock);
>  	/* We can only have one active profile */
>  	if (cur_profile) {
> @@ -187,13 +193,6 @@ int platform_profile_register(struct platform_profile_handler *pprof)
>  		return -EEXIST;
>  	}
>  
> -	/* Sanity check the profile handler field are set */
> -	if (!pprof || bitmap_empty(pprof->choices, PLATFORM_PROFILE_LAST) ||
> -		!pprof->profile_set || !pprof->profile_get) {
> -		mutex_unlock(&profile_lock);
> -		return -EINVAL;
> -	}
> -
>  	err = sysfs_create_group(acpi_kobj, &platform_profile_group);
>  	if (err) {
>  		mutex_unlock(&profile_lock);
>