Re: [PATCH] staging: greybus: gpio: add comment to mutex definition
From: Greg KH
Date: Wed Mar 18 2026 - 11:44:04 EST
On Wed, Mar 11, 2026 at 11:23:34PM +0530, Rahul Joshi wrote:
> The irq_lock mutex is missing a comment describing what it protects,
> which is required by kernel coding style. Add a comment clarifying
> that it serializes IRQ bus lock/unlock operations used to defer and
> sync pending IRQ type and mask changes to hardware.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rahul Joshi <rj5547884@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/staging/greybus/gpio.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/gpio.c b/drivers/staging/greybus/gpio.c
> index 12185f7a982c..89c15b804b2a 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/greybus/gpio.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/gpio.c
> @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ struct gb_gpio_controller {
>
> struct gpio_chip chip;
> struct irq_chip irqc;
> - struct mutex irq_lock;
> + struct mutex irq_lock; /* protects irq bus operations */
What is a "irq bus"? This comment feels odd to me :(
thanks,
greg k-h