[PATCH v2 1/5] spi: introduce mmap read support for spi flash devices

Mark Brown
2015-11-04T14:39:15Z

On Tue, Nov 03, 2015 at 03:36:10PM +0530, Vignesh R wrote:

> + }
> + mutex_lock(&master->mmap_lock_mutex);
> + ret = master->spi_mtd_mmap_read(spi, from, len, retlen, buf,
> + read_opcode, addr_width,
> + dummy_bytes);
> + mutex_unlock(&master->mmap_lock_mutex);
> + if (master->auto_runtime_pm)
> + pm_runtime_put(master->dev.parent);

It's a bit worrying that this doesn't sync with the message queue except
via the mutex: this means that we might be out of order with respect to
any asynchronous transfers that are happening on the device. I'm not
sure that this is a practical problem, though there is some risk of
unfair scheduling that would have to be under extreme load and it might
make sense to prioritise reads anyway.
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