[PATCH V4 05/14] i3c: Make dev->desc locking assumptions explicit

[Frank Li]

On Thu, Aug 06, 2026 at 04:18:48PM +0300, Adrian Hunter wrote:
> i3c_device_get_info() takes the bus normal-use lock before accessing
> dev->desc. Under that lock, the descriptor pointer is guaranteed to be
> valid for the duration of the access.
>
> Remove the unnecessary NULL check on dev->desc so the code more clearly
> reflects the locking rules and expected descriptor lifetime.
>
> Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter at intel.com>
> Acked-by: Mukesh Savaliya <mukesh.savaliya at oss.qualcomm.com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Frank Li <Frank.Li at nxp.com>

>
>
> Changes in V4:
>
> 	Added Mukesh's Acked-by tag
>
> Changes in V3:
>
> 	New patch
>
>
>  drivers/i3c/device.c | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/i3c/device.c b/drivers/i3c/device.c
> index a3778282e84c..5e6df6de0283 100644
> --- a/drivers/i3c/device.c
> +++ b/drivers/i3c/device.c
> @@ -101,8 +101,7 @@ void i3c_device_get_info(const struct i3c_device *dev,
>  		return;
>
>  	i3c_bus_normaluse_lock(dev->bus);
> -	if (dev->desc)
> -		*info = dev->desc->info;
> +	*info = dev->desc->info;
>  	i3c_bus_normaluse_unlock(dev->bus);
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(i3c_device_get_info);
> --
> 2.53.0
>