Re: [PATCH 1/3] gpio: idio-16: Introduce the ACCES IDIO-16 GPIO library module

[andy.shevchenko@gmail.com]

Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 11:46:13AM -0400, William Breathitt Gray kirjoitti:
> On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 07:16:23PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Sun, Sep 11, 2022 at 04:34:38PM -0400, William Breathitt Gray wrote:

...

> > > +	if (value)
> > > +		set_bit(offset, state->out_state);
> > > +	else
> > > +		clear_bit(offset, state->out_state);
> > 
> > assign_bit()
> > 
> > But I'm wondering why do you need the atomic bitops under the lock?
> 
> I don't think atomic bitops are necessary in this case because of the
> lock as you pointedly out, but I felt using these made the intention of
> the code clearer. Is there a non-atomic version of assign_bit(), or do
> you recommend I use bitwise operations directly here instead?

__assign_bit()

Hint: All __ prefixed bitops (for a single bit operation!) are considered
non-atomic. There are exceptions when no __-variant of op is present, but
it not the case here AFAICS. 

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko