Re: [PATCH v5 07/11] i2c: rtl9300: move setting SCL frequency to config_io

[Jonas Jelonek]

On 10.08.2025 10:49, Markus Elfring wrote:
> …
>> +++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-rtl9300.c
> …
>> +static int mshv_vtl_sint_ioctl_set_eventfd(struct mshv_vtl_set_eventfd __user *arg)
>> +{
> …
>> @@ -244,7 +245,7 @@ static int rtl9300_i2c_smbus_xfer(struct i2c_adapter *adap, u16 addr, unsigned s
>>  
>>  	mutex_lock(&i2c->lock);
>>  	if (chan->sda_num != i2c->sda_num) {
>> -		ret = rtl9300_i2c_config_io(i2c, chan->sda_pin);
>> +		ret = rtl9300_i2c_config_io(i2c, chan);
>>  		if (ret)
>>  			goto out_unlock;
> …
>
> Under which circumstances would you become interested to apply a statement
> like “guard(mutex)(&i2c->lock);”?
> https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.16/source/include/linux/mutex.h#L225

Didn't know about that before but no objections against it. Can integrate that
in the next version.

The link Sven posted was quite helpful on that, thanks! This looks quite similar
to how it is in Rust, that you just lock/guard it and it is dropped at the end of
the current scope. I like that :)

> Regards,
> Markus

Best regards,
Jonas