linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/6] powerpc: powenv: oxcl: use lock guard for mutex

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Message-ID: <af15fbf507dee3d96249bdfbb1a7419a26985f9b.camel@linux.ibm.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2025 17:06:27 +1100
From: Andrew Donnellan <ajd@...ux.ibm.com>
To: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@...ux.ibm.com>, maddy@...ux.ibm.com,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Cc: npiggin@...il.com, christophe.leroy@...roup.eu, mpe@...erman.id.au,
        peterz@...radead.org, fbarrat@...ux.ibm.com, mahesh@...ux.ibm.com,
        oohall@...il.com, hbathini@...ux.ibm.com, dhowells@...hat.com,
        haren@...ux.ibm.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/6] powerpc: powenv: oxcl: use lock guard for mutex

On Fri, 2025-03-14 at 11:15 +0530, Shrikanth Hegde wrote:
> use guard(mutex) for scope based resource management of mutex.
> This would make the code simpler and easier to maintain.
> 
> More details on lock guards can be found at
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230612093537.614161713@infradead.org/T/#u
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@...ux.ibm.com>

The subject line of this patch misspells powernv and ocxl.

Otherwise this looks like a nice cleanup.

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Andrew Donnellan    OzLabs, ADL Canberra
ajd@...ux.ibm.com   IBM Australia Limited