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At present there are ~200 usages of device_lock() in the kernel. Some of those usages lead to "goto unlock;" patterns which have proven to be error prone. Define a "device" guard() definition to allow for those to be cleaned up and prevent new ones from appearing. Link: http://lore.kernel.org/r/657897453dda8_269bd29492@dwillia2-mobl3.amr.corp.intel.com.notmuch Link: http://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected] Cc: Vishal Verma <[email protected]> Cc: Ira Weiny <[email protected]> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]> Cc: Andrew Morton <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Ira Weiny <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Dave Jiang <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Vishal Verma <[email protected]> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/170250854466.1522182.17555361077409628655.stgit@dwillia2-xfh.jf.intel.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>