[PATCH v3 2/5] i2c: xiic: switch to managed version of mutex_init
Abdurrahman Hussain
abdurrahman at nexthop.ai
Fri Jan 23 14:25:06 PST 2026
On Fri Jan 23, 2026 at 9:36 PM UTC, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 23, 2026 at 12:20:54PM -0800, Abdurrahman Hussain wrote:
>> On Fri Jan 23, 2026 at 7:22 PM UTC, Andrew Lunn wrote:
>> > On Fri, Jan 23, 2026 at 08:02:45AM +0000, Abdurrahman Hussain via B4 Relay wrote:
>> >> From: Abdurrahman Hussain <abdurrahman at nexthop.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
>>
>>
>> Thank you for the feedback. In v4, as suggested by Andy, I introduced managed
>> versions of the pm_runtime_ functions which do simplify the error handling.
>
> But this patch is not about pm_runtime_, it is about a mutex. How does
> this patch make the error path simpler? Please make sure your commit
> messages are accurate.
>
You are right. In the case of mutex there was no error path. I should have
worded it differently. In v4 pm_runtime changes were added to the same
patch, so the wording might actually be correct now.
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