From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
Cc: rafael@kernel.org, hanguidong02@gmail.com,
driver-core@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] driver core: fix inverted "locked" suffix of driver_match_device()
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2026 07:23:51 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2026013142-evaluate-width-50a9@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260131014211.12841-1-dakr@kernel.org>
On Sat, Jan 31, 2026 at 02:42:07AM +0100, Danilo Krummrich wrote:
> In the current implementation driver_match_device() expects the device
> lock to be held, while driver_match_device_locked() acquires the device
> lock.
>
> By convention it should be the other way around, hence swap the name of
> both functions.
>
> Fixes: dc23806a7c47 ("driver core: enforce device_lock for driver_match_device()")
> Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-31 6:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-31 1:42 [PATCH] driver core: fix inverted "locked" suffix of driver_match_device() Danilo Krummrich
2026-01-31 5:36 ` Gui-Dong Han
2026-01-31 6:23 ` Greg KH [this message]
2026-02-01 21:33 ` Danilo Krummrich
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