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From: Tzung-Bi Shih <tzungbi@kernel.org>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Benson Leung <bleung@chromium.org>,
	tzungbi@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	chrome-platform@lists.linux.dev,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>,
	Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>, Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>,
	Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>,
	Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com>,
	Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com>, Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>,
	"Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>,
	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/8] char: misc: Simplify locking with guard()
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2026 21:46:52 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260427134659.95181-2-tzungbi@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260427134659.95181-1-tzungbi@kernel.org>

Use guard() to simplify locking in misc_{de,}register().

Signed-off-by: Tzung-Bi Shih <tzungbi@kernel.org>
---
 drivers/char/misc.c | 32 +++++++++++---------------------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/misc.c b/drivers/char/misc.c
index 726516fb0a3b..e2bea4f01851 100644
--- a/drivers/char/misc.c
+++ b/drivers/char/misc.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/module.h>
 
+#include <linux/cleanup.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/miscdevice.h>
@@ -209,7 +210,6 @@ static const struct file_operations misc_fops = {
 int misc_register(struct miscdevice *misc)
 {
 	dev_t dev;
-	int err = 0;
 	bool is_dynamic = (misc->minor == MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR);
 
 	if (misc->minor > MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR) {
@@ -220,32 +220,26 @@ int misc_register(struct miscdevice *misc)
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&misc->list);
 
-	mutex_lock(&misc_mtx);
+	guard(mutex)(&misc_mtx);
 
 	if (is_dynamic) {
 		int i = misc_minor_alloc(misc->minor);
 
-		if (i < 0) {
-			err = -EBUSY;
-			goto out;
-		}
+		if (i < 0)
+			return -EBUSY;
 		misc->minor = i;
 	} else {
 		struct miscdevice *c;
 		int i;
 
 		list_for_each_entry(c, &misc_list, list) {
-			if (c->minor == misc->minor) {
-				err = -EBUSY;
-				goto out;
-			}
+			if (c->minor == misc->minor)
+				return -EBUSY;
 		}
 
 		i = misc_minor_alloc(misc->minor);
-		if (i < 0) {
-			err = -EBUSY;
-			goto out;
-		}
+		if (i < 0)
+			return -EBUSY;
 	}
 
 	dev = MKDEV(MISC_MAJOR, misc->minor);
@@ -258,8 +252,7 @@ int misc_register(struct miscdevice *misc)
 		if (is_dynamic) {
 			misc->minor = MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR;
 		}
-		err = PTR_ERR(misc->this_device);
-		goto out;
+		return PTR_ERR(misc->this_device);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -267,9 +260,7 @@ int misc_register(struct miscdevice *misc)
 	 * earlier defaults
 	 */
 	list_add(&misc->list, &misc_list);
- out:
-	mutex_unlock(&misc_mtx);
-	return err;
+	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(misc_register);
 
@@ -283,13 +274,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(misc_register);
 
 void misc_deregister(struct miscdevice *misc)
 {
-	mutex_lock(&misc_mtx);
+	guard(mutex)(&misc_mtx);
 	list_del_init(&misc->list);
 	device_destroy(&misc_class, MKDEV(MISC_MAJOR, misc->minor));
 	misc_minor_free(misc->minor);
 	if (misc->minor > MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR)
 		misc->minor = MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR;
-	mutex_unlock(&misc_mtx);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(misc_deregister);
 
-- 
2.51.0


  reply	other threads:[~2026-04-27 13:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-04-27 13:46 [PATCH 0/8] char: misc: Introduce misc_sync to fix UAF Tzung-Bi Shih
2026-04-27 13:46 ` Tzung-Bi Shih [this message]
2026-04-27 13:46 ` [PATCH 2/8] char: misc: Introduce misc_find() helper Tzung-Bi Shih
2026-04-27 13:46 ` [PATCH 3/8] char: misc: Introduce misc_sync_register() Tzung-Bi Shih
2026-04-28 16:09   ` Jason Gunthorpe
2026-04-27 13:46 ` [PATCH 4/8] char: misc: Use SRCU to protect list traversal Tzung-Bi Shih
2026-04-27 13:46 ` [PATCH 5/8] platform/chrome: cros_ec_chardev: Introduce chardev_data Tzung-Bi Shih
2026-04-27 13:46 ` [PATCH 6/8] platform/chrome: cros_ec_chardev: Move data to chardev_pdata Tzung-Bi Shih
2026-04-27 13:46 ` [PATCH 7/8] platform/chrome: cros_ec_chardev: Add event relayer Tzung-Bi Shih
2026-04-27 13:46 ` [PATCH 8/8] platform/chrome: cros_ec_chardev: Use misc_sync_register() Tzung-Bi Shih

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