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* [PATCH v2 -next] video: backlight: use DEFINE_MUTEX() for mutex lock
@ 2020-12-24 13:26 Zheng Yongjun
  2021-01-04 10:46 ` Daniel Thompson
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Zheng Yongjun @ 2020-12-24 13:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: lee.jones, daniel.thompson, jingoohan1, b.zolnierkie, dri-devel,
	linux-fbdev, linux-kernel
  Cc: Zheng Yongjun

mutex lock can be initialized automatically with DEFINE_MUTEX()
rather than explicitly calling mutex_init().

Signed-off-by: Zheng Yongjun <zhengyongjun3@huawei.com>
---
 drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c b/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c
index 537fe1b376ad..d7a09c422547 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
  */
 
 static struct list_head backlight_dev_list;
-static struct mutex backlight_dev_list_mutex;
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(backlight_dev_list_mutex);
 static struct blocking_notifier_head backlight_notifier;
 
 static const char *const backlight_types[] = {
@@ -757,7 +757,6 @@ static int __init backlight_class_init(void)
 	backlight_class->dev_groups = bl_device_groups;
 	backlight_class->pm = &backlight_class_dev_pm_ops;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&backlight_dev_list);
-	mutex_init(&backlight_dev_list_mutex);
 	BLOCKING_INIT_NOTIFIER_HEAD(&backlight_notifier);
 
 	return 0;
-- 
2.22.0


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* Re: [PATCH v2 -next] video: backlight: use DEFINE_MUTEX() for mutex lock
  2020-12-24 13:26 [PATCH v2 -next] video: backlight: use DEFINE_MUTEX() for mutex lock Zheng Yongjun
@ 2021-01-04 10:46 ` Daniel Thompson
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Daniel Thompson @ 2021-01-04 10:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Zheng Yongjun
  Cc: lee.jones, jingoohan1, b.zolnierkie, dri-devel, linux-fbdev,
	linux-kernel

On Thu, Dec 24, 2020 at 09:26:01PM +0800, Zheng Yongjun wrote:
> mutex lock can be initialized automatically with DEFINE_MUTEX()
> rather than explicitly calling mutex_init().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Zheng Yongjun <zhengyongjun3@huawei.com>
> ---
>  drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c b/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c
> index 537fe1b376ad..d7a09c422547 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c
> @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
>   */
>  
>  static struct list_head backlight_dev_list;
> -static struct mutex backlight_dev_list_mutex;
> +static DEFINE_MUTEX(backlight_dev_list_mutex);
>  static struct blocking_notifier_head backlight_notifier;

Why do we want to convert one of these variables to use a
static initializers but leave the other two unchanged? Surely they
should all be changed.


Daniel.


>  
>  static const char *const backlight_types[] = {
> @@ -757,7 +757,6 @@ static int __init backlight_class_init(void)
>  	backlight_class->dev_groups = bl_device_groups;
>  	backlight_class->pm = &backlight_class_dev_pm_ops;
>  	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&backlight_dev_list);
> -	mutex_init(&backlight_dev_list_mutex);
>  	BLOCKING_INIT_NOTIFIER_HEAD(&backlight_notifier);
>  
>  	return 0;
> -- 
> 2.22.0
> 

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