From: "Danilo Krummrich" <dakr@kernel.org>
To: "Gui-Dong Han" <hanguidong02@gmail.com>
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>,
<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>, <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
<baijiaju1990@gmail.com>, "Qiu-ji Chen" <chenqiuji666@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] driver core: enforce device_lock for driver_match_device()
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 16:58:10 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <DFNL334CM540.32WA2HUXF185J@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CALbr=Lb=raC7gN5CE6XTBOqRCcEJ8Uo_xis7RGukm4j5cRuzLA@mail.gmail.com>
On Tue Jan 13, 2026 at 4:55 PM CET, Gui-Dong Han wrote:
> The three call sites for driver_match_device() have been stable for
> over a decade. With only two sites requiring the lock, and no new
> callers anticipated, adding a helper function seems to have limited
> value.
On the other hand, driver_match_device() and driver_match_device_locked() makes
things very clear. :)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-13 15:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-13 15:04 [PATCH v4] driver core: enforce device_lock for driver_match_device() Gui-Dong Han
2026-01-13 15:20 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2026-01-13 15:55 ` Gui-Dong Han
2026-01-13 15:58 ` Danilo Krummrich [this message]
2026-01-13 16:02 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2026-01-13 16:32 ` Gui-Dong Han
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