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

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Message-ID: <20260108120110.GG302752@google.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2026 12:01:10 +0000
From: Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>
To: 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 Thu, 08 Jan 2026, Lee Jones wrote:

> 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

Applied, but I replaced the backticks with single-quotes for fear of
unintended consequences when managing through handling scripts.

-- 
Lee Jones [李琼斯]