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Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2026 10:53:54 +0200
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Advaith Neelacantan <advaith.neelacantan@gmail.com>
Cc: Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de>,
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	Andy Shevchenko <andy@kernel.org>, linux-iio@vger.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: iio: frequency: ad9832:  use guard(mutex) for
 locking
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In-Reply-To: <20260411072503.106621-2-advaith.neelacantan@gmail.com>

On Sat, Apr 11, 2026 at 12:55:04PM +0530, Advaith Neelacantan wrote:
> Replace mutex lock/unlock pairs with
> 
> guard(mutex) for automatic scope-based locking.
> 
> Simplifies code by removing need to manually unlock.

Only use guard() for new code, no need to change existing code for that
at all.

thanks,

greg k-h