linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/5] i2c: xiic: switch to managed version of mutex

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Message-ID: <efe4e155-e307-481f-8332-783cca8a098a@lunn.ch>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 20:22:39 +0100
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To: abdurrahman@...thop.ai
Cc: Michal Simek <michal.simek@....com>, Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@...nel.org>,
	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...el.com>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/5] i2c: xiic: switch to managed version of mutex_init

On Fri, Jan 23, 2026 at 08:02:45AM +0000, Abdurrahman Hussain via B4 Relay wrote:
> From: Abdurrahman Hussain <abdurrahman@...thop.ai>
> 
> Simplify the error path by switching to a managed version of mutex_init.

How does this simplify the error path? You don't remove anything from
the error path.

    Andrew