[PATCH RFC v4-bis] locking: introduce devm_mutex_init

From: Christophe Leroy
Date: Fri Dec 15 2023 - 01:50:23 EST


From: George Stark <gnstark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Using of devm API leads to a certain order of releasing resources.
So all dependent resources which are not devm-wrapped should be deleted
with respect to devm-release order. Mutex is one of such objects that
often is bound to other resources and has no own devm wrapping.
Since mutex_destroy() actually does nothing in non-debug builds
frequently calling mutex_destroy() is just ignored which is safe for now
but wrong formally and can lead to a problem if mutex_destroy() will be
extended so introduce devm_mutex_init()

Signed-off-by: George Stark <gnstark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/mutex.h | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++------
kernel/locking/mutex-debug.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/mutex.h b/include/linux/mutex.h
index a33aa9eb9fc3..db847220ef44 100644
--- a/include/linux/mutex.h
+++ b/include/linux/mutex.h
@@ -81,14 +81,10 @@ struct mutex {
#define __DEBUG_MUTEX_INITIALIZER(lockname) \
, .magic = &lockname

-extern void mutex_destroy(struct mutex *lock);
-
#else

# define __DEBUG_MUTEX_INITIALIZER(lockname)

-static inline void mutex_destroy(struct mutex *lock) {}
-
#endif

/**
@@ -153,8 +149,6 @@ extern void __mutex_rt_init(struct mutex *lock, const char *name,
struct lock_class_key *key);
extern int mutex_trylock(struct mutex *lock);

-static inline void mutex_destroy(struct mutex *lock) { }
-
#define mutex_is_locked(l) rt_mutex_base_is_locked(&(l)->rtmutex)

#define __mutex_init(mutex, name, key) \
@@ -171,6 +165,28 @@ do { \
} while (0)
#endif /* CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT */

+struct device;
+
+/*
+ * devm_mutex_init() registers a function that calls mutex_destroy()
+ * when the ressource is released.
+ *
+ * When mutex_destroy() is a not, there is no need to register that
+ * function.
+ */
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES
+void mutex_destroy(struct mutex *lock);
+int devm_mutex_init(struct device *dev, struct mutex *lock);
+#else
+static inline void mutex_destroy(struct mutex *lock) {}
+
+static inline int devm_mutex_init(struct device *dev, struct mutex *lock)
+{
+ mutex_init(lock);
+ return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
/*
* See kernel/locking/mutex.c for detailed documentation of these APIs.
* Also see Documentation/locking/mutex-design.rst.
diff --git a/kernel/locking/mutex-debug.c b/kernel/locking/mutex-debug.c
index bc8abb8549d2..c9efab1a8026 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/mutex-debug.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/mutex-debug.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
#include <linux/kallsyms.h>
#include <linux/interrupt.h>
#include <linux/debug_locks.h>
+#include <linux/device.h>

#include "mutex.h"

@@ -104,3 +105,24 @@ void mutex_destroy(struct mutex *lock)
}

EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mutex_destroy);
+
+static void devm_mutex_release(void *res)
+{
+ mutex_destroy(res);
+}
+
+/**
+ * devm_mutex_init - Resource-managed mutex initialization
+ * @dev: Device which lifetime mutex is bound to
+ * @lock: Pointer to a mutex
+ *
+ * Initialize mutex which is automatically destroyed when the driver is detached.
+ *
+ * Returns: 0 on success or a negative error code on failure.
+ */
+int devm_mutex_init(struct device *dev, struct mutex *lock)
+{
+ mutex_init(lock);
+ return devm_add_action_or_reset(dev, devm_mutex_release, lock);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_mutex_init);
--
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