--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/cleanup.h
@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef __LINUX_GUARDS_H
+#define __LINUX_GUARDS_H
+
+#include <linux/compiler.h>
+
+/*
+ * DEFINE_FREE(name, type, free):
+ *	simple helper macro that defines the required wrapper for a __free()
+ *	based cleanup function. @free is an expression using '_T' to access
+ *	the variable.
+ *
+ * __free(name):
+ *	variable attribute to add a scoped based cleanup to the variable.
+ *
+ * return_ptr(p):
+ *	returns p while inhibiting the __free().
+ *
+ * Ex.
+ *
+ * DEFINE_FREE(kfree, void *, if (_T) kfree(_T))
+ *
+ *	struct obj *p = kmalloc(...);
+ *	if (!p)
+ *		return NULL;
+ *
+ *	if (!init_obj(p))
+ *		return NULL;
+ *
+ *	return_ptr(p);
+ */
+
+#define DEFINE_FREE(name, type, free) \
+	static inline void __free_##name(void *p) { type _T = *(type *)p; free; }
+
+#define __free(name)	__cleanup(__free_##name)
+
+#define no_free_ptr(p) \
+	({ __auto_type __ptr = (p); (p) = NULL; __ptr; })
+
+#define return_ptr(p)	return no_free_ptr(p)
+
+
+/*
+ * DEFINE_CLASS(name, type, exit, init, init_args...):
+ *	helper to define the destructor and constructor for a type.
+ *	@exit is an expression using '_T' -- similar to FREE above.
+ *	@init is an expression in @init_args resulting in @type
+ *
+ * EXTEND_CLASS(name, ext, init, init_args...):
+ *	extends class @name to @name@ext with the new constructor
+ *
+ * CLASS(name, var)(args...):
+ *	declare the variable @var as an instance of the named class
+ *
+ * Ex.
+ *
+ * DEFINE_CLASS(fdget, struct fd, fdput(_T), fdget(fd), int fd)
+ *
+ *	CLASS(fdget, f)(fd);
+ *	if (!f.file)
+ *		return -EBADF;
+ *
+ *	// use 'f' without concern
+ */
+
+#define DEFINE_CLASS(name, type, exit, init, init_args...)		\
+typedef type class_##name##_t;						\
+static inline void class_##name##_destructor(type *p)			\
+{ type _T = *p; exit; }							\
+static inline type class_##name##_constructor(init_args)		\
+{ type t = init; return t; }
+
+#define EXTEND_CLASS(name, ext, init, init_args...)			\
+typedef class_##name##_t class_##name##ext##_t;				\
+static inline void class_##name##ext##_destructor(class_##name##_t *p)	\
+{ class_##name##_destructor(p); }					\
+static inline class_##name##_t class_##name##ext##_constructor(init_args) \
+{ class_##name##_t t = init; return t; }
+
+#define CLASS(name, var)						\
+	class_##name##_t var __cleanup(class_##name##_destructor) =	\
+		class_##name##_constructor
+
+
+/*
+ * DEFINE_GUARD(name, type, lock, unlock):
+ *	trivial wrapper around DEFINE_CLASS() above specifically
+ *	for locks.
+ *
+ * guard(name):
+ *	an anonymous instance of the (guard) class
+ *
+ * scoped_guard (name, args...) { }:
+ *	similar to CLASS(name, scope)(args), except the variable (with the
+ *	explicit name 'scope') is declard in a for-loop such that its scope is
+ *	bound to the next (compound) statement.
+ *
+ */
+
+#define DEFINE_GUARD(name, type, lock, unlock) \
+	DEFINE_CLASS(name, type, unlock, ({ lock; _T; }), type _T)
+
+#define guard(name) \
+	CLASS(name, __UNIQUE_ID(guard))
+
+#define scoped_guard(name, args...)					\
+	for (CLASS(name, scope)(args),					\
+	     *done = NULL; !done; done = (void *)1)
+
+/*
+ * Additional helper macros for generating lock guards with types, either for
+ * locks that don't have a native type (eg. RCU, preempt) or those that need a
+ * 'fat' pointer (eg. spin_lock_irqsave).
+ *
+ * DEFINE_LOCK_GUARD_0(name, _lock, _unlock, ...)
+ * DEFINE_LOCK_GUARD_1(name, type, _lock, _unlock, ...)
+ *
+ * will result in the following type:
+ *
+ *   typedef struct {
+ *	type *lock;		// 'type := void' for the _0 variant
+ *	__VA_ARGS__;
+ *   } class_##name##_t;
+ *
+ * As above, both _lock and _unlock are statements, except this time '_T' will
+ * be a pointer to the above struct.
+ */
+
+#define __DEFINE_UNLOCK_GUARD(name, type, _unlock, ...)			\
+typedef struct {							\
+	type *lock;							\
+	__VA_ARGS__;							\
+} class_##name##_t;							\
+									\
+static inline void class_##name##_destructor(class_##name##_t *_T)	\
+{									\
+	if (_T->lock) { _unlock; }					\
+}
+
+
+#define __DEFINE_LOCK_GUARD_1(name, type, _lock)			\
+static inline class_##name##_t class_##name##_constructor(type *l)	\
+{									\
+	class_##name##_t _t = { .lock = l }, *_T = &_t;			\
+	_lock;								\
+	return _t;							\
+}
+
+#define __DEFINE_LOCK_GUARD_0(name, _lock)				\
+static inline class_##name##_t class_##name##_constructor(void)		\
+{									\
+	class_##name##_t _t = { .lock = (void*)1 },			\
+			 *_T __maybe_unused = &_t;			\
+	_lock;								\
+	return _t;							\
+}
+
+#define DEFINE_LOCK_GUARD_1(name, type, _lock, _unlock, ...)		\
+__DEFINE_UNLOCK_GUARD(name, type, _unlock, __VA_ARGS__)		\
+__DEFINE_LOCK_GUARD_1(name, type, _lock)
+
+#define DEFINE_LOCK_GUARD_0(name, _lock, _unlock, ...)		\
+__DEFINE_UNLOCK_GUARD(name, void, _unlock, __VA_ARGS__)		\
+__DEFINE_LOCK_GUARD_0(name, _lock)
+
+#endif /* __LINUX_GUARDS_H */
--- a/include/linux/compiler-clang.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler-clang.h
@@ -5,6 +5,15 @@
 
 /* Compiler specific definitions for Clang compiler */
 
+/*
+ * Clang prior to 17 is being silly and considers many __cleanup() variables
+ * as unused (because they are, their sole purpose is to go out of scope).
+ *
+ * https://reviews.llvm.org/D152180
+ */
+#undef __cleanup
+#define __cleanup(func) __maybe_unused __attribute__((__cleanup__(func)))
+
 /* same as gcc, this was present in clang-2.6 so we can assume it works
  * with any version that can compile the kernel
  */
--- a/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler_attributes.h
@@ -77,6 +77,12 @@
 #define __attribute_const__             __attribute__((__const__))
 
 /*
+ *   gcc: https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Common-Variable-Attributes.html#index-cleanup-variable-attribute
+ * clang: https://clang.llvm.org/docs/AttributeReference.html#cleanup
+ */
+#define __cleanup(func)			__attribute__((__cleanup__(func)))
+
+/*
  * Optional: only supported since gcc >= 9
  * Optional: not supported by clang
  *
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include <linux/device/bus.h>
 #include <linux/device/class.h>
 #include <linux/device/driver.h>
+#include <linux/cleanup.h>
 #include <asm/device.h>
 
 struct device;
@@ -899,6 +900,9 @@ void device_unregister(struct device *de
 void device_initialize(struct device *dev);
 int __must_check device_add(struct device *dev);
 void device_del(struct device *dev);
+
+DEFINE_FREE(device_del, struct device *, if (_T) device_del(_T))
+
 int device_for_each_child(struct device *dev, void *data,
 			  int (*fn)(struct device *dev, void *data));
 int device_for_each_child_reverse(struct device *dev, void *data,
@@ -1066,6 +1070,9 @@ extern int (*platform_notify_remove)(str
  */
 struct device *get_device(struct device *dev);
 void put_device(struct device *dev);
+
+DEFINE_FREE(put_device, struct device *, if (_T) put_device(_T))
+
 bool kill_device(struct device *dev);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEVTMPFS
--- a/include/linux/file.h
+++ b/include/linux/file.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/posix_types.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
+#include <linux/cleanup.h>
 
 struct file;
 
@@ -80,6 +81,8 @@ static inline void fdput_pos(struct fd f
 	fdput(f);
 }
 
+DEFINE_CLASS(fd, struct fd, fdput(_T), fdget(fd), int fd)
+
 extern int f_dupfd(unsigned int from, struct file *file, unsigned flags);
 extern int replace_fd(unsigned fd, struct file *file, unsigned flags);
 extern void set_close_on_exec(unsigned int fd, int flag);
@@ -88,6 +91,9 @@ extern int __get_unused_fd_flags(unsigne
 extern int get_unused_fd_flags(unsigned flags);
 extern void put_unused_fd(unsigned int fd);
 
+DEFINE_CLASS(get_unused_fd, int, if (_T >= 0) put_unused_fd(_T),
+	     get_unused_fd_flags(flags), unsigned flags)
+
 extern void fd_install(unsigned int fd, struct file *file);
 
 extern int __receive_fd(struct file *file, int __user *ufd,
--- a/include/linux/irqflags.h
+++ b/include/linux/irqflags.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #define _LINUX_TRACE_IRQFLAGS_H
 
 #include <linux/typecheck.h>
+#include <linux/cleanup.h>
 #include <asm/irqflags.h>
 #include <asm/percpu.h>
 
@@ -267,4 +268,10 @@ extern void warn_bogus_irq_restore(void)
 
 #define irqs_disabled_flags(flags) raw_irqs_disabled_flags(flags)
 
+DEFINE_LOCK_GUARD_0(irq, local_irq_disable(), local_irq_enable())
+DEFINE_LOCK_GUARD_0(irqsave,
+		    local_irq_save(_T->flags),
+		    local_irq_restore(_T->flags),
+		    unsigned long flags)
+
 #endif
--- a/include/linux/mutex.h
+++ b/include/linux/mutex.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 #include <linux/osq_lock.h>
 #include <linux/debug_locks.h>
+#include <linux/cleanup.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
 # define __DEP_MAP_MUTEX_INITIALIZER(lockname)			\
@@ -219,4 +220,7 @@ extern void mutex_unlock(struct mutex *l
 
 extern int atomic_dec_and_mutex_lock(atomic_t *cnt, struct mutex *lock);
 
+DEFINE_GUARD(mutex, struct mutex *, mutex_lock(_T), mutex_unlock(_T))
+DEFINE_FREE(mutex, struct mutex *, if (_T) mutex_unlock(_T))
+
 #endif /* __LINUX_MUTEX_H */
--- a/include/linux/percpu.h
+++ b/include/linux/percpu.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <linux/cpumask.h>
 #include <linux/pfn.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/cleanup.h>
 
 #include <asm/percpu.h>
 
@@ -127,6 +128,9 @@ extern void __init setup_per_cpu_areas(v
 extern void __percpu *__alloc_percpu_gfp(size_t size, size_t align, gfp_t gfp) __alloc_size(1);
 extern void __percpu *__alloc_percpu(size_t size, size_t align) __alloc_size(1);
 extern void free_percpu(void __percpu *__pdata);
+
+DEFINE_FREE(free_percpu, void __percpu *, free_percpu(_T))
+
 extern phys_addr_t per_cpu_ptr_to_phys(void *addr);
 
 #define alloc_percpu_gfp(type, gfp)					\
--- a/include/linux/preempt.h
+++ b/include/linux/preempt.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/linkage.h>
+#include <linux/cleanup.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
 
 /*
@@ -463,4 +464,8 @@ static __always_inline void preempt_enab
 		preempt_enable();
 }
 
+DEFINE_LOCK_GUARD_0(preempt, preempt_disable(), preempt_enable())
+DEFINE_LOCK_GUARD_0(preempt_notrace, preempt_disable_notrace(), preempt_enable_notrace())
+DEFINE_LOCK_GUARD_0(migrate, migrate_disable(), migrate_enable())
+
 #endif /* __LINUX_PREEMPT_H */
--- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <linux/preempt.h>
 #include <linux/bottom_half.h>
 #include <linux/lockdep.h>
+#include <linux/cleanup.h>
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 #include <linux/cpumask.h>
 #include <linux/context_tracking_irq.h>
@@ -1095,4 +1096,6 @@ rcu_head_after_call_rcu(struct rcu_head
 extern int rcu_expedited;
 extern int rcu_normal;
 
+DEFINE_LOCK_GUARD_0(rcu, rcu_read_lock(), rcu_read_unlock())
+
 #endif /* __LINUX_RCUPDATE_H */
--- a/include/linux/rwsem.h
+++ b/include/linux/rwsem.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/atomic.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
+#include <linux/cleanup.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
 # define __RWSEM_DEP_MAP_INIT(lockname)			\
@@ -201,6 +202,13 @@ extern void up_read(struct rw_semaphore
  */
 extern void up_write(struct rw_semaphore *sem);
 
+DEFINE_GUARD(rwsem_read, struct rw_semaphore *, down_read(_T), up_read(_T))
+DEFINE_GUARD(rwsem_write, struct rw_semaphore *, down_write(_T), up_write(_T))
+
+DEFINE_FREE(up_read, struct rw_semaphore *, if (_T) up_read(_T))
+DEFINE_FREE(up_write, struct rw_semaphore *, if (_T) up_write(_T))
+
+
 /*
  * downgrade write lock to read lock
  */
--- a/include/linux/sched/task.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/task.h
@@ -126,6 +126,8 @@ static inline void put_task_struct(struc
 		__put_task_struct(t);
 }
 
+DEFINE_FREE(put_task, struct task_struct *, if (_T) put_task_struct(_T))
+
 static inline void put_task_struct_many(struct task_struct *t, int nr)
 {
 	if (refcount_sub_and_test(nr, &t->usage))
--- a/include/linux/slab.h
+++ b/include/linux/slab.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
 #include <linux/percpu-refcount.h>
+#include <linux/cleanup.h>
 
 
 /*
@@ -211,6 +212,8 @@ void kfree(const void *objp);
 void kfree_sensitive(const void *objp);
 size_t __ksize(const void *objp);
 
+DEFINE_FREE(kfree, void *, if (_T) kfree(_T))
+
 /**
  * ksize - Report actual allocation size of associated object
  *
--- a/include/linux/spinlock.h
+++ b/include/linux/spinlock.h
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
 #include <linux/stringify.h>
 #include <linux/bottom_half.h>
 #include <linux/lockdep.h>
+#include <linux/cleanup.h>
 #include <asm/barrier.h>
 #include <asm/mmiowb.h>
 
@@ -502,5 +503,35 @@ int __alloc_bucket_spinlocks(spinlock_t
 
 void free_bucket_spinlocks(spinlock_t *locks);
 
+DEFINE_LOCK_GUARD_1(raw_spinlock, raw_spinlock_t,
+		    raw_spin_lock(_T->lock),
+		    raw_spin_unlock(_T->lock))
+
+DEFINE_LOCK_GUARD_1(raw_spinlock_nested, raw_spinlock_t,
+		    raw_spin_lock_nested(_T->lock, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING),
+		    raw_spin_unlock(_T->lock))
+
+DEFINE_LOCK_GUARD_1(raw_spinlock_irq, raw_spinlock_t,
+		    raw_spin_lock_irq(_T->lock),
+		    raw_spin_unlock_irq(_T->lock))
+
+DEFINE_LOCK_GUARD_1(raw_spinlock_irqsave, raw_spinlock_t,
+		    raw_spin_lock_irqsave(_T->lock, _T->flags),
+		    raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(_T->lock, _T->flags),
+		    unsigned long flags)
+
+DEFINE_LOCK_GUARD_1(spinlock, spinlock_t,
+		    spin_lock(_T->lock),
+		    spin_unlock(_T->lock))
+
+DEFINE_LOCK_GUARD_1(spinlock_irq, spinlock_t,
+		    spin_lock_irq(_T->lock),
+		    spin_unlock_irq(_T->lock))
+
+DEFINE_LOCK_GUARD_1(spinlock_irqsave, spinlock_t,
+		    spin_lock_irqsave(_T->lock, _T->flags),
+		    spin_unlock_irqrestore(_T->lock, _T->flags),
+		    unsigned long flags)
+
 #undef __LINUX_INSIDE_SPINLOCK_H
 #endif /* __LINUX_SPINLOCK_H */
--- a/include/linux/srcu.h
+++ b/include/linux/srcu.h
@@ -343,4 +343,9 @@ static inline void smp_mb__after_srcu_re
 	/* __srcu_read_unlock has smp_mb() internally so nothing to do here. */
 }
 
+DEFINE_LOCK_GUARD_1(srcu, struct srcu_struct,
+		    _T->idx = srcu_read_lock(_T->lock),
+		    srcu_read_unlock(_T->lock, _T->idx),
+		    int idx)
+
 #endif
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -5046,7 +5046,7 @@ sub process {
 				if|for|while|switch|return|case|
 				volatile|__volatile__|
 				__attribute__|format|__extension__|
-				asm|__asm__)$/x)
+				asm|__asm__|scoped_guard)$/x)
 			{
 			# cpp #define statements have non-optional spaces, ie
 			# if there is a space between the name and the open
