linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/8] cxl/mbox: Convert poison list mutex to ACQUIRE()

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Message-ID: <aFXIAygNhn1KESmX@aschofie-mobl2.lan>
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2025 13:43:47 -0700
From: Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@...el.com>
To: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
CC: <linux-cxl@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, "Linus
 Torvalds" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, Peter Zijlstra
	<peterz@...radead.org>, Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>, Jonathan Cameron
	<jonathan.cameron@...wei.com>, Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@...el.com>, "Vishal
 Verma" <vishal.l.verma@...el.com>, Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/8] cxl/mbox: Convert poison list mutex to ACQUIRE()

On Wed, Jun 18, 2025 at 10:04:10PM -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
> Towards removing all explicit unlock calls in the CXL subsystem, convert
> the conditional poison list mutex to use a conditional lock guard.
> 
> Rename the lock to have the compiler validate that all existing call sites
> are converted.

Reviewed-by: Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@...el.com>