From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Return-Path: MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20180125190950.GA26170@tyrael.ni.corp.natinst.com> References: <20180125153922.3119-1-atull@kernel.org> <20180125190950.GA26170@tyrael.ni.corp.natinst.com> From: Alan Tull Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2018 13:20:50 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH] fpga: fpga-region: comment on fpga_region_program_fpga locking Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" To: Moritz Fischer Cc: linux-kernel , linux-fpga@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 1:09 PM, Moritz Fischer wrote: > Hi Alan, > > looks good. > Thanks, Moritz! > On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 09:39:22AM -0600, Alan Tull wrote: >> Add a comment to the header of fpga_region_program_fpga() >> regarding locking of the bridges. >> >> Signed-off-by: Alan Tull > Acked-by: Moritz Fischer >> --- >> drivers/fpga/fpga-region.c | 5 +++++ >> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) >> >> diff --git a/drivers/fpga/fpga-region.c b/drivers/fpga/fpga-region.c >> index edab2a2..cb0603e 100644 >> --- a/drivers/fpga/fpga-region.c >> +++ b/drivers/fpga/fpga-region.c >> @@ -95,6 +95,11 @@ static void fpga_region_put(struct fpga_region *region) >> * fpga_region_program_fpga - program FPGA >> * @region: FPGA region >> * Program an FPGA using fpga image info (region->info). >> + * If the region has a get_bridges function, the exclusive reference for the >> + * bridges will be held if programming succeeds. This is intended to prevent >> + * reprogramming the region until the caller considers it safe to do so. >> + * The caller will need to call fpga_bridges_put() before attempting to >> + * reprogram the region. >> * Return 0 for success or negative error code. >> */ >> int fpga_region_program_fpga(struct fpga_region *region) >> -- >> 2.7.4 >> > > - Moritz