Re: [PATCH v6 2/5] i2c: i2c-mlxbf.c: support lock mechanism

Wolfram Sang
2022-09-27T19:41:38Z

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On Mon, Sep 26, 2022 at 03:45:04PM -0400, Asmaa Mnebhi wrote:
> Linux is not the only entity using the BlueField I2C busses so
> support a lock mechanism provided by hardware to avoid issues
> when multiple entities are trying to access the same bus.
>
> The lock is acquired whenever written explicitely or the lock
> register is read. So make sure it is always released at the end
> of a successful or failed transaction.
>
> Fixes: b5b5b32081cd206b (i2c: mlxbf: I2C SMBus driver for Mellanox BlueField SoC)
> Reviewed-by: Khalil Blaiech <kblaiech@nvidia.com>
> Signed-off-by: Asmaa Mnebhi <asmaa@nvidia.com>

Applied to for-next, thanks!

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