Re: [PATCH v4 7/8] DMA: Freescale: use spin_lock_bh instead of spin_lock_irqsave
From: Hongbo Zhang <hidden>
Date: 2014-05-04 08:40:29
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From: Hongbo Zhang <hidden>
Date: 2014-05-04 08:40:29
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On 05/03/2014 12:51 AM, Vinod Koul wrote:
On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 04:17:50PM +0800, hongbo.zhang@freescale.com wrote:quoted
From: Hongbo Zhang <redacted> The usage of spin_lock_irqsave() is a stronger locking mechanism than is required throughout the driver. The minimum locking required should be used instead. Interrupts will be turned off and context will be saved, it is unnecessary to use irqsave. This patch changes all instances of spin_lock_irqsave() to spin_lock_bh(). All manipulation of protected fields is done using tasklet context or weaker, which makes spin_lock_bh() the correct choice.This doesnt apply, perhpas due to depends on 6/8
So let's wait for the review result of 6/8.