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* [PATCH] i2c: Drop legacy locking in i2c_new_probed_device
@ 2008-01-18 11:57 Jean Delvare
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From: Jean Delvare @ 2008-01-18 11:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Linux I2C; +Cc: David Brownell

It is no longer required to hold adapter->clist_lock to call
i2c_check_addr.

Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali-PUYAD+kWke1g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
Cc: David Brownell <david-b-yBeKhBN/0LDR7s880joybQ@public.gmane.org>
---
This goes on top of David Brownell's patch that reworked i2c_check_addr.

 drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c |    2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

--- linux-2.6.24-rc8.orig/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c	2008-01-18 12:11:51.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.24-rc8/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c	2008-01-18 12:11:57.000000000 +0100
@@ -1086,7 +1086,6 @@ i2c_new_probed_device(struct i2c_adapter
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	mutex_lock(&adap->clist_lock);
 	for (i = 0; addr_list[i] != I2C_CLIENT_END; i++) {
 		/* Check address validity */
 		if (addr_list[i] < 0x03 || addr_list[i] > 0x77) {
@@ -1124,7 +1123,6 @@ i2c_new_probed_device(struct i2c_adapter
 				break;
 		}
 	}
-	mutex_unlock(&adap->clist_lock);
 
 	if (addr_list[i] == I2C_CLIENT_END) {
 		dev_dbg(&adap->dev, "Probing failed, no device found\n");


-- 
Jean Delvare

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