linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] iio: Use __cleanup for a few ROHM sensors

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Message-ID: <2f321215-2ca3-4249-a9f0-427004c95d70@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 14:54:10 +0100
From: Javier Carrasco <javier.carrasco.cruz@...il.com>
To: Matti Vaittinen <mazziesaccount@...il.com>,
 Matti Vaittinen <matti.vaittinen@...rohmeurope.com>
Cc: Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>, Lars-Peter Clausen
 <lars@...afoo.de>, linux-iio@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] iio: Use __cleanup for a few ROHM sensors

On 21/11/2024 14:04, Matti Vaittinen wrote:
> Use __cleanup.
> 
> The series converts the rest of the ROHM sensors (maintained by me) to
> use guard(mutex). This simplifies the error paths.
> 
> As a note, kx022a accelerometer driver is handled in another series,
> which also adds support for two new accelerometers. I did also patch the
> driver for the BU27008 and BU27010 - but when I was testing the changes
> I found that the BU27008 status is set to "obsolete". I'll try to dig
> some information about the BU27010 and decide if having the driver
> in-tree is still worth the effort, or if I should just send out patches
> to drop it all. Hence patch to rohm-bu27008.c is not included in the
> series. If someone is actually using the BU27008 or BU27010 and wants
> to patch it - feel free to pick
> 131315de97ff ("iio: bu27008: simplify using guard(mutex)")
> from
> https://github.com/M-Vaittinen/linux/tree/bu27008-cleanup
> 
> ---
> 
> Matti Vaittinen (2):
>   iio: bu27034: simplify using guard(mutex)
>   iio: bm1390: simplify using guard(mutex)
> 
>  drivers/iio/light/rohm-bu27034.c   | 73 ++++++++++------------------
>  drivers/iio/pressure/rohm-bm1390.c | 78 ++++++++++++------------------
>  2 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 96 deletions(-)
> 
> 
> base-commit: adc218676eef25575469234709c2d87185ca223a

Hi Matti,

Both patches look good to me, but I noticed that you kept a few
mutex_lock() + mutex_unlock() in both drivers, in particular in the
cases where a scoped_guard() could simplify the code. Did you leave
those cases untouched on purpose?

Best regards,
Javier Carrasco