linux-kernel - Re: (subset) [PATCH] mfd: core: Add locking around `mfd_of_node

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Message-Id: <176787356909.903532.13506820629482222413.b4-ty@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2026 11:59:29 +0000
From: Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>
To: Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>, Douglas Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: (subset) [PATCH] mfd: core: Add locking around
 `mfd_of_node_list`

On Wed, 10 Dec 2025 11:30:03 -0800, Douglas Anderson wrote:
> Manipulating a list in the kernel isn't safe without some sort of
> mutual exclusion. Add a mutex any time we access / modify
> `mfd_of_node_list` to prevent possible crashes.
> 
> 

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] mfd: core: Add locking around `mfd_of_node_list`
      commit: b7c72be160385730cfcc3991178ba7867fe0b018

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