Thread (3 messages) 3 messages, 2 authors, 2012-12-12

Re: [PATCH] HID: i2c-hid: add mutex protecting open/close race

From: Jean Delvare <hidden>
Date: 2012-12-12 16:35:03
Also in: linux-i2c, lkml

Hi Benjamin,

On Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:12:16 +0100, Benjamin Tissoires wrote:
We should not enter close function while someone else is in open.
This mutex prevents this race.

There is also no need to override the ret value with -EIO in case of
a failure of i2c_hid_set_power.

Signed-off-by: Benjamin Tissoires <redacted>
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Looks good to me except that you forgot to include <linux/mutex.h> and
this could cause build failures on some architectures/configs.

Once this is fixed, you can add:

Reviewed-by: Jean Delvare <redacted>

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Jean Delvare
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