linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] Add calls to mutex_destroy in virtio_balloon and virtio

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Message-ID: <fed22c6e-13db-4d11-b225-c9b4b91e7ce3@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2025 10:42:04 +0100
From: "David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)" <david@...nel.org>
To: Maurice Hieronymus <mhi@...lbox.org>, mst@...hat.com, jasowang@...hat.com
Cc: virtualization@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Add calls to mutex_destroy in virtio_balloon and
 virtio_mem

On 11/23/25 18:57, Maurice Hieronymus wrote:
> In [1] it is pointed out that each mutex_init call should have a
> corresponding call to mutex_destroy; otherwise, it is considered a bug.

IIUC, mutex_destroy() only ever does something during with 
CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES. And there, it performs mostly sanity checks (so 
it's not some missed memory freeing etc).

I wonder whether we should still ad Fixes tags.

-- 
Cheers

David