Re: [PATCH v2 01/11] thermal: core: Add and use thermal zone guard

[Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@arm.com>]

On 10/23/24 10:50, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> Hi Lukasz,
> 
> On Tue, Oct 22, 2024 at 11:01 PM Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@arm.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Rafael,
>>
>> On 10/10/24 23:05, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
>>> From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
>>>
>>> Add and use a guard for thermal zone locking.
>>>
>>> This allows quite a few error code paths to be simplified among
>>> other things and brings in a noticeable code size reduction for
>>> a good measure.
>>>
>>> No intentional functional impact.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
>>> ---
>>>
>>> This is a new iteration of
>>>
>>> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pm/3241904.5fSG56mABF@rjwysocki.net/
>>>
>>> that has been combined with
>>>
>>> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pm/4613601.LvFx2qVVIh@rjwysocki.net/
>>>
>>> and rebased on top of
>>>
>>> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pm/12549318.O9o76ZdvQC@rjwysocki.net/
>>>
>>> and
>>>
>>> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pm/2215082.irdbgypaU6@rjwysocki.net/
>>>
>>> ---
>>>    drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c    |   61 +++++++---------------------
>>>    drivers/thermal/thermal_core.h    |    4 +
>>>    drivers/thermal/thermal_debugfs.c |   25 +++++++----
>>>    drivers/thermal/thermal_helpers.c |   17 ++-----
>>>    drivers/thermal/thermal_hwmon.c   |    5 --
>>>    drivers/thermal/thermal_netlink.c |   21 ++-------
>>>    drivers/thermal/thermal_sysfs.c   |   81 ++++++++++++++++----------------------
>>>    drivers/thermal/thermal_trip.c    |    8 ---
>>>    8 files changed, 86 insertions(+), 136 deletions(-)
>>>
>>
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>> Surprise, how the code can look smaller using that
>> style with 'guard'.
> 
> Yes, it gets more concise.
> 
> Not only that, though.  It is also less error-prone, because you won't
> forget to unlock the lock in an error path and you won't use "lock"
> instead of "unlock" by mistake etc.
> 
> Moreover, it kind of promotes dividing the code into smaller
> self-contained pieces, which is a plus too IMV.

I cannot agree more!