Re: schedule inside spin_lock_irqsave?

[Richard Zidlicky <rz@linux-m68k.org>]

On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 05:24:38PM +0200, Jiri Slaby wrote:

Hi,

> > came across following snippet of code (2.6.34:drivers/media/dvb/siano/smscoreapi.c) and 

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> This should be
> wait_event(&coredev->buffer_mng_waitq, cb = get_entry());
> with get_entry like:
> struct smscore_buffer_t *get_entry(void)
> {
>   struct smscore_buffer_t *cb = NULL;
>   spin_lock_irqsave(&coredev->bufferslock, flags);
>   if (!list_empty(&coredev->buffers)) {
>     cb = (struct smscore_buffer_t *) coredev->buffers.next;
>     list_del(&cb->entry);
>   }
>   spin_unlock_irqrestore(&coredev->bufferslock, flags);
>   return cb;
> }

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> 
> Looking at the smscore_buffer_t definition, this is really ugly since it
> relies on entry being the first in the structure. It should be
> list_first_entry(&coredev->buffers, ...) instead, cast-less.
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> >     list_del(&cb->entry);
> >   }
> >   spin_unlock_irqrestore(&coredev->bufferslock, flags);
> >   return cb;
> > }

thanks for the suggestions, is it on anyones TODO list or should I cook up my own patch? 
Would take a few more days till I can get at it.

BTW does anyone have knowledge how to enable IR receiver code for the smsxxx devices? 
Looks like its just the matter of setting sms_board_gpio_cfg.ir to the "right" value
- which value?

Richard