[lm-sensors] Qs on chips/pc87360

[jcromie@divsol.com (Jim Cromie)]

Im working on a pc87366_gpio module, and it seems necessary
to coordinate locking in some way.

The simplest thing seems to be to EXPORT_SYMBOL the 2
semaphores in pc87360_data, but then I looked more closely,
and found something I dont understand...

/*
 * Client data (each client gets its own)
 */

struct pc87360_data {
        struct i2c_client client;
        struct semaphore lock;
        struct semaphore update_lock;


How is it possible to have each client get a separate struct
and separate locks, and still get any protection ?

Do semaphores magically interlock with other semaphores
protecting the same resource ?   And how do they know what
theyre protecting ? 

I see plenty of up/down ops on the lock, but no place where theyre
told what theyre locking access to.

Am I missing something ?


Do the earlier chips, 60, 65, etc also have a GPIO section,
or is it just the 66 ?