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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] locking/mutex: Clean up mutex.h
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To: George Stark <gnstark@salutedevices.com>,
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From: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
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On 2/11/24 18:28, George Stark wrote:
> Hello
>
> Excuse me, this is my 4th letter here since December 2023 and there's 
> no response unfortunately.
>
>
> Just to recall that we had the discussion in December 2023 about 
> implementing devm_mutex_init. We came to conclusion that the only 
> effective way to do it in include/linux/mutex.h but mutex.h requires
> some cleanups to simplify the devm_mutex_init patch.
> mutex.h owners proposed such a cleanup patch themselves and there's no 
> progress since that. How can we move forward on those patches?
>
> Cleanup patch:
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20231216013656.1382213-1-longman@redhat.com/
>
> Original problem that requires devm_mutex_init and discussion:
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/ZcZeRmVjEPhVPW9-@smile.fi.intel.com/T/#m0f514f8f96e18db9568f84b2df37aaf648874a4a 
>

Sorry for my late reply. My cleanup patch was sent at the later half of 
Dec 2023. It is probably not a good time as maintainers are either busy 
or taking time off. I have resent the patch again with other cleanup 
patches. Hopefully those patches can be merged soon.

Cheers,
Longman