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Message-ID: <41608ee8-855-ca43-36a0-3544d6b5c9a@inria.fr>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2025 14:58:02 +0200 (CEST)
From: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...ia.fr>
To: Erick Karanja <karanja99erick@...il.com>
cc: bhelgaas@...gle.com, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, 
    linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] PCI/VGA: Replace manual locks with lock guards



On Thu, 28 Aug 2025, Erick Karanja wrote:

> Switch from explicit lock/unlock pairs to scoped lock guards.
> This simplifies error handling and improves code readability.
>
> Generated-by: Coccinelle SmPL
>
> Signed-off-by: Erick Karanja <karanja99erick@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/pci/vgaarb.c | 87 ++++++++++++++++----------------------------
>  1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 55 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/pci/vgaarb.c b/drivers/pci/vgaarb.c
> index 78748e8d2dba..6a00ee00e362 100644
> --- a/drivers/pci/vgaarb.c
> +++ b/drivers/pci/vgaarb.c
> @@ -501,8 +501,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(vga_get);
>  static int vga_tryget(struct pci_dev *pdev, unsigned int rsrc)
>  {
>  	struct vga_device *vgadev;
> -	unsigned long flags;
> -	int rc = 0;
>
>  	vga_check_first_use();
>
> @@ -511,17 +509,13 @@ static int vga_tryget(struct pci_dev *pdev, unsigned int rsrc)
>  		pdev = vga_default_device();
>  	if (pdev == NULL)
>  		return 0;
> -	spin_lock_irqsave(&vga_lock, flags);
> +	guard(spinlock_irqsave)(&vga_lock);
>  	vgadev = vgadev_find(pdev);
> -	if (vgadev == NULL) {
> -		rc = -ENODEV;
> -		goto bail;
> -	}
> +	if (vgadev == NULL)
> +		return -ENODEV;
>  	if (__vga_tryget(vgadev, rsrc))
> -		rc = -EBUSY;
> -bail:
> -	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vga_lock, flags);
> -	return rc;
> +		return -EBUSY;
> +	return 0;
>  }
>
>  /**
> @@ -537,20 +531,17 @@ static int vga_tryget(struct pci_dev *pdev, unsigned int rsrc)
>  void vga_put(struct pci_dev *pdev, unsigned int rsrc)
>  {
>  	struct vga_device *vgadev;
> -	unsigned long flags;
>
>  	/* The caller should check for this, but let's be sure */
>  	if (pdev == NULL)
>  		pdev = vga_default_device();
>  	if (pdev == NULL)
>  		return;
> -	spin_lock_irqsave(&vga_lock, flags);
> +	guard(spinlock_irqsave)(&vga_lock);
>  	vgadev = vgadev_find(pdev);
>  	if (vgadev == NULL)
> -		goto bail;
> +		return;
>  	__vga_put(vgadev, rsrc);
> -bail:
> -	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vga_lock, flags);
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(vga_put);
>
> @@ -912,29 +903,20 @@ static void __vga_set_legacy_decoding(struct pci_dev *pdev,
>  				      bool userspace)
>  {
>  	struct vga_device *vgadev;
> -	unsigned long flags;
>
>  	decodes &= VGA_RSRC_LEGACY_MASK;
>
> -	spin_lock_irqsave(&vga_lock, flags);
> +	guard(spinlock_irqsave)(&vga_lock);
>  	vgadev = vgadev_find(pdev);
>  	if (vgadev == NULL)
> -		goto bail;
> +		return;
>
>  	/* Don't let userspace futz with kernel driver decodes */
>  	if (userspace && vgadev->set_decode)
> -		goto bail;
> +		return;
>
>  	/* Update the device decodes + counter */
>  	vga_update_device_decodes(vgadev, decodes);
> -
> -	/*
> -	 * XXX If somebody is going from "doesn't decode" to "decodes"
> -	 * state here, additional care must be taken as we may have pending
> -	 * ownership of non-legacy region.
> -	 */

Maybe the comment should be kept somehow?

julia

> -bail:
> -	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vga_lock, flags);
>  }
>
>  /**
> @@ -981,14 +963,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(vga_set_legacy_decoding);
>  int vga_client_register(struct pci_dev *pdev,
>  		unsigned int (*set_decode)(struct pci_dev *pdev, bool decode))
>  {
> -	unsigned long flags;
>  	struct vga_device *vgadev;
>
> -	spin_lock_irqsave(&vga_lock, flags);
> -	vgadev = vgadev_find(pdev);
> -	if (vgadev)
> -		vgadev->set_decode = set_decode;
> -	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vga_lock, flags);
> +	scoped_guard (spinlock_irqsave, &vga_lock) {
> +		vgadev = vgadev_find(pdev);
> +		if (vgadev)
> +			vgadev->set_decode = set_decode;
> +	}
>  	if (!vgadev)
>  		return -ENODEV;
>  	return 0;
> @@ -1411,7 +1392,6 @@ static __poll_t vga_arb_fpoll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
>  static int vga_arb_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
>  {
>  	struct vga_arb_private *priv;
> -	unsigned long flags;
>
>  	pr_debug("%s\n", __func__);
>
> @@ -1421,9 +1401,8 @@ static int vga_arb_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
>  	spin_lock_init(&priv->lock);
>  	file->private_data = priv;
>
> -	spin_lock_irqsave(&vga_user_lock, flags);
> -	list_add(&priv->list, &vga_user_list);
> -	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vga_user_lock, flags);
> +	scoped_guard (spinlock_irqsave, &vga_user_lock)
> +		list_add(&priv->list, &vga_user_list);
>
>  	/* Set the client's lists of locks */
>  	priv->target = vga_default_device(); /* Maybe this is still null! */
> @@ -1438,25 +1417,25 @@ static int vga_arb_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
>  {
>  	struct vga_arb_private *priv = file->private_data;
>  	struct vga_arb_user_card *uc;
> -	unsigned long flags;
>  	int i;
>
>  	pr_debug("%s\n", __func__);
>
> -	spin_lock_irqsave(&vga_user_lock, flags);
> -	list_del(&priv->list);
> -	for (i = 0; i < MAX_USER_CARDS; i++) {
> -		uc = &priv->cards[i];
> -		if (uc->pdev == NULL)
> -			continue;
> -		vgaarb_dbg(&uc->pdev->dev, "uc->io_cnt == %d, uc->mem_cnt == %d\n",
> -			uc->io_cnt, uc->mem_cnt);
> -		while (uc->io_cnt--)
> -			vga_put(uc->pdev, VGA_RSRC_LEGACY_IO);
> -		while (uc->mem_cnt--)
> -			vga_put(uc->pdev, VGA_RSRC_LEGACY_MEM);
> +	scoped_guard (spinlock_irqsave, &vga_user_lock) {
> +		list_del(&priv->list);
> +		for (i = 0; i < MAX_USER_CARDS; i++) {
> +			uc = &priv->cards[i];
> +			if (uc->pdev == NULL)
> +				continue;
> +			vgaarb_dbg(&uc->pdev->dev,
> +				   "uc->io_cnt == %d, uc->mem_cnt == %d\n",
> +				   uc->io_cnt, uc->mem_cnt);
> +			while (uc->io_cnt--)
> +				vga_put(uc->pdev, VGA_RSRC_LEGACY_IO);
> +			while (uc->mem_cnt--)
> +				vga_put(uc->pdev, VGA_RSRC_LEGACY_MEM);
> +		}
>  	}
> -	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vga_user_lock, flags);
>
>  	kfree(priv);
>
> @@ -1470,7 +1449,6 @@ static int vga_arb_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
>  static void vga_arbiter_notify_clients(void)
>  {
>  	struct vga_device *vgadev;
> -	unsigned long flags;
>  	unsigned int new_decodes;
>  	bool new_state;
>
> @@ -1479,7 +1457,7 @@ static void vga_arbiter_notify_clients(void)
>
>  	new_state = (vga_count > 1) ? false : true;
>
> -	spin_lock_irqsave(&vga_lock, flags);
> +	guard(spinlock_irqsave)(&vga_lock);
>  	list_for_each_entry(vgadev, &vga_list, list) {
>  		if (vgadev->set_decode) {
>  			new_decodes = vgadev->set_decode(vgadev->pdev,
> @@ -1487,7 +1465,6 @@ static void vga_arbiter_notify_clients(void)
>  			vga_update_device_decodes(vgadev, new_decodes);
>  		}
>  	}
> -	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vga_lock, flags);
>  }
>
>  static int pci_notify(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long action,
> --
> 2.43.0
>
>

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