Re: [PATCH 1/8] bcma: add locking around GPIO register accesses
From: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de>
Date: 2012-11-20 21:05:38
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From: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de>
Date: 2012-11-20 21:05:38
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On 11/20/2012 09:10 AM, John Crispin wrote:
Hi Haukequoted
u32 bcma_chipco_gpio_in(struct bcma_drv_cc *cc, u32 mask) { - return bcma_cc_read32(cc, BCMA_CC_GPIOIN)& mask; + unsigned long flags; + u32 res; + + spin_lock_irqsave(&cc->gpio_lock, flags); + res = bcma_cc_read32(cc, BCMA_CC_GPIOIN)& mask; + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cc->gpio_lock, flags); + + return res; }Hi Hauke, do you need to lock the read access ? if bcma_cc_read32() is a simple memory read wrapper you most likely wont need the lock John
Yes you are right, I do not need it here, it is just needed for the masked write to the other GPIO registers. Hauke