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From: broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com (Mark Brown)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] regulator: Remove possible deadlock from regulator_enable
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 19:11:51 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110328181151.GB28494@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1301326482-6547-2-git-send-email-collinsd@codeaurora.org>

On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 08:34:41AM -0700, David Collins wrote:

Review curtailed by me having to dash off but one comment...

> -/* locks held by regulator_enable() */
> +/* Locks are *not* held by regulator_enable(). */
>  static int _regulator_enable(struct regulator_dev *rdev)
>  {
> -	int ret, delay;
> +	struct regulator_dev *supply_rdev = NULL;
> +	int ret = 0, delay;
>  
> +	mutex_lock(&rdev->mutex);

This is going to be terribly confusing - the _ versions of the functions
all by convention rely on their callers taking the mutex, allowing them
to be safely used from internal APIs.  

  reply	other threads:[~2011-03-28 18:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-03-28 15:34 [PATCH 0/2] regulator: Fix regulator_enable deadlock and add uA_load propagation David Collins
2011-03-28 15:34 ` [PATCH 1/2] regulator: Remove possible deadlock from regulator_enable David Collins
2011-03-28 18:11   ` Mark Brown [this message]
2011-03-28 18:22     ` David Collins
2011-03-28 15:34 ` [PATCH 2/2] regulator: Propagate uA_load requirements up supply chain David Collins
2011-03-28 18:02   ` Mark Brown
2011-03-28 18:14     ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-03-29  7:53       ` Mark Brown
2011-03-29  8:28         ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-03-29  8:40           ` Mark Brown
2011-03-28 18:18     ` David Collins
2011-03-28 18:33       ` broonie@gmail.com
2011-03-28 23:52 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] regulator: Fix regulator_enable deadlock and add uA_load propagation David Collins
2011-03-28 23:53   ` [PATCH v2 1/2] regulator: Remove possible deadlock from regulator_enable David Collins
2011-03-28 23:53   ` [PATCH v2 2/2] regulator: Propagate uA_load requirements up supply chain David Collins
2011-03-29  8:44     ` Mark Brown
2011-03-29 16:08       ` David Collins
2011-03-29 21:20         ` Mark Brown
2011-03-30  1:00           ` Mark Brown
2011-03-29 22:40     ` Mark Brown

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