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* [staging] staging: greybus: loopback: add missing comment for mutex
@ 2026-06-22  4:27 Arnav Kapoor
  2026-07-07  9:01 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Arnav Kapoor @ 2026-06-22  4:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Greg Kroah-Hartman; +Cc: Johan Hovold, linux-staging, greybus-dev, Arnav Kapoor

Add a comment for the mutex as suggested by checkpatch.

Signed-off-by: Arnav Kapoor <kapoorarnav43@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/staging/greybus/loopback.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/loopback.c b/drivers/staging/greybus/loopback.c
index ea57b1f5d..bf827e672 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/greybus/loopback.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/loopback.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ struct gb_loopback {
 
 	struct dentry *file;
 	struct kfifo kfifo_lat;
-	struct mutex mutex;
+	struct mutex mutex;		/* protects the entire structure */
 	struct task_struct *task;
 	struct device *dev;
 	wait_queue_head_t wq;
-- 
2.53.0


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* Re: [staging] staging: greybus: loopback: add missing comment for mutex
  2026-06-22  4:27 [staging] staging: greybus: loopback: add missing comment for mutex Arnav Kapoor
@ 2026-07-07  9:01 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman @ 2026-07-07  9:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Arnav Kapoor; +Cc: Johan Hovold, linux-staging, greybus-dev

On Mon, Jun 22, 2026 at 09:57:21AM +0530, Arnav Kapoor wrote:
> Add a comment for the mutex as suggested by checkpatch.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnav Kapoor <kapoorarnav43@gmail.com>

The subject line should have [PATCH] in it, right?

> ---
>  drivers/staging/greybus/loopback.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/loopback.c b/drivers/staging/greybus/loopback.c
> index ea57b1f5d..bf827e672 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/greybus/loopback.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/loopback.c
> @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ struct gb_loopback {
>  
>  	struct dentry *file;
>  	struct kfifo kfifo_lat;
> -	struct mutex mutex;
> +	struct mutex mutex;		/* protects the entire structure */

Look on the mailing list for other places where this type of change was
rejected as it doesn't really explain anything.

thanks,

greg k-h

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