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

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Message-ID: <aXMxjo-KcfEOtsX7@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 10:30:06 +0200
From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...el.com>
To: abdurrahman@...thop.ai
Cc: Michal Simek <michal.simek@....com>, Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@...nel.org>,
	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:

> Simplify the error path by switching to a managed version of mutex_init.

...

> -	mutex_init(&i2c->lock);
> +	ret = devm_mutex_init(&pdev->dev, &i2c->lock);
> +	if (ret < 0)
> +		return ret;

Should use 'dev' instead (see comment on the patches 1 and 5).

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko