Re: [PATCH] staging: comedi: usbduxfast: Improve unlocking of a mutex in usbduxfast_ai_insn_read()

From: SF Markus Elfring
Date: Fri Nov 03 2017 - 12:39:36 EST


>> @@ -838,6 +834,10 @@ static int usbduxfast_ai_insn_read(struct comedi_device *dev,
>> ÂÂÂÂÂ mutex_unlock(&devpriv->mut);
>> Â ÂÂÂÂÂ return insn->n;
>
> Minor niggle: You could also remove that call to mutex_unlock() by replacing the above three lines with:
>
> ÂÂÂÂret = insn->n;
>
> which will fall through to the 'unlock:' label below.

Thanks for your suggestion.

Such a software refactoring is also possible if a corresponding
consensus could be achieved.
* Can such a change mean that the lock scope will be extended
for both use cases (successful and failed function execution)?

* How much does this implementation matter for you?

* Would you like to achieve a small reduction of the object code there?

* How do you think about consequences from special communication settings
by a well-known maintainer for my update suggestions?

Regards,
Markus