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From: Artem Shimko <artyom.shimko@gmail.com>
To: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com>,
	Cristian Marussi <cristian.marussi@arm.com>
Cc: Artem Shimko <artyom.shimko@gmail.com>,
	arm-scmi@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] firmware: arm_scmi: add missing spinlock documentation
Date: Mon,  1 Sep 2025 19:12:04 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250901161207.2501078-3-artyom.shimko@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250901161207.2501078-1-artyom.shimko@gmail.com>

Adds a missing comment for xfer_lock spinlock in struct scmi_xfers_info.
The spinlock protects access to the xfer buffers and transfer allocation
mechanism, preventing race conditions in concurrent access scenarios.

Signed-off-by: Artem Shimko <artyom.shimko@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c
index bd56a877fdfc..6828392152f4 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ static struct dentry *scmi_top_dentry;
  */
 struct scmi_xfers_info {
 	unsigned long *xfer_alloc_table;
+	/* Protects access to the xfer buffers */
 	spinlock_t xfer_lock;
 	int max_msg;
 	struct hlist_head free_xfers;
-- 
2.43.0



  parent reply	other threads:[~2025-09-02  0:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-09-01 16:12 [PATCH 0/2] firmware: arm_scmi: Minor cleanups and documentation fixes Artem Shimko
2025-09-01 16:12 ` [PATCH 1/2] firmware: arm_scmi: fix alignment in protocol_id_show and debugfs calls Artem Shimko
2025-09-01 16:12 ` Artem Shimko [this message]
2025-09-02  9:27   ` [PATCH 2/2] firmware: arm_scmi: add missing spinlock documentation Sudeep Holla
2025-09-05 23:44     ` Artem Shimko
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2025-09-01 16:32 [PATCH 0/2] Subject: [PATCH v2 0/2] firmware: arm_scmi: Minor cleanups and documentation fixes Artem Shimko
2025-09-01 16:33 ` [PATCH 2/2] firmware: arm_scmi: add missing spinlock documentation Artem Shimko

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