Thread (48 messages) 48 messages, 4 authors, 2021-11-29

Re: [PATCH v2 2/9] i2c: i801: make p2sb_spinlock a mutex

From: Andy Shevchenko <hidden>
Date: 2021-08-11 15:43:54

On Fri, Aug 06, 2021 at 11:13:29PM +0200, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
p2sb_spinlock is used in i801_add_tco_spt() only, and in process context
only. Therefore a mutex is sufficient, and we can make the definition
local to i801_add_tco_spt().
The problem with either AFAICT is that it should actually hold PCI rescan lock.
See the discussion with Message-ID
20210308122020.57071-1-andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com for the details.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko

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