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linuxkpi: Don't destroy the mutex in `xa_destroy()`
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Authored by dumbbell on Jan 31 2025, 2:29 PM.
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The mutex initialized in xa_init_flags() is not destroyed here on purpose. The reason is that on Linux, the xarray remains usable after a call to xa_destroy(). For instance the i915 DRM driver relies on that during the initialixation of its GuC. Basically, xa_destroy() "resets" the structure to zero but doesn't really destroy it.

This is part of the update of DRM drivers to Linux 6.7.

Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation

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