[heads-up] Re: [PATCH] reset: Further simplify locking with guard()

[Philipp Zabel]

On So, 2024-09-29 at 20:48 +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 29/09/2024 00:27, Al Viro wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 27, 2024 at 04:02:32PM +0200, Philipp Zabel wrote:
> > > Use guard(mutex) to automatically unlock mutexes when going out of
> > > scope. Simplify error paths by removing a goto and manual mutex
> > > unlocking in multiple places.
> > 
> > And that, folks, is a live example of the reasons why guard() is an
> > attractive nuisance.  We really need a very loud warning on
> > cleanup.h stuff - otherwise such patches from well-meaning folks
> > will keep coming.

Thank you for the analysis. It think I'll drop this entirely.

[...]
> > 
> > Guess what happens if you take goto out_put prior to the entire thing,
> > in
> >                 ret = __reset_add_reset_gpio_device(&args);
> > 		if (ret) {
> > 			rstc = ERR_PTR(ret);
> > 			goto out_put;
> > 		}
> > That patch adds implicit mutex_unlock() at the points where we leave
> > the scope.  Which extends to the end of function.  In other words, there is
> > one downstream of out_put, turning any goto out_put upstream of guard() into
> > a bug.
> > 
> 
> cleanup.h also mentions that one should do not mix cleanup with existing
> goto, because of possibility of above issue.

Yes, d5934e76316e ("cleanup: Add usage and style documentation"), last
paragraph.

> But except careful review, this patch should have been simply compile
> tested which would point to the issue above. Any guard/scope works must
> be checked with clang W=1, which reports jumps over init.

Thank you, I was missing a CC=clang W=1 build in my pre-flight checks.
That's fixed now.

regards
Philipp