linux-kernel - Re: (subset) [PATCH v2] mfd: macsmc: Initialize mutex

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Message-Id: <176797985608.1888600.13705658897282916904.b4-ty@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2026 17:30:56 +0000
From: Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>
To: Sven Peter <sven@...nel.org>, Neal Gompa <neal@...pa.dev>, 
 Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>, Janne Grunau <j@...nau.net>
Cc: asahi@...ts.linux.dev, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, 
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: (subset) [PATCH v2] mfd: macsmc: Initialize mutex

On Wed, 31 Dec 2025 10:42:12 +0100, Janne Grunau wrote:
> Initialize struct apple_smc's mutex in apple_smc_probe(). Using the
> mutex uninitialized surprisingly resulted only in occasional NULL
> pointer dereferences in apple_smc_read() calls from the probe()
> functions of sub devices.
> 
> 

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] mfd: macsmc: Initialize mutex
      commit: 9f7cd8015f588755ada102d400c58ed1ca28a63d

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