Thread (9 messages) 9 messages, 3 authors, 2018-11-20

Re: [PATCH 2/3] pinctrl: stm32: protect configuration registers with a hwspinlock

From: Linus Walleij <hidden>
Date: 2018-11-19 12:21:01
Also in: linux-arm-kernel, linux-devicetree, lkml

On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 10:51 AM Benjamin Gaignard
[off-list ref] wrote:
If a hwspinlock if defined in device tree use it to protect
configuration registers.

Signed-off-by: Benjamin Gaignard <redacted>
Patch applied with Alex' ACK.

Out of curiosity: what is it protecting against?
I would guess simultaneous access from another CPU
but the commit doesn't say.

Simultaneous access from two CPUs makes it extra important
that all register access is read-modify-write, so I'd have a second
check over the code to make sure this is the case.

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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