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From: Paulo Miguel Almeida <paulo.miguel.almeida.rodenas@gmail.com>
To: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: realwakka@gmail.com, linux-staging@lists.linux.dev,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] staging: pi433: add comment to rx_lock mutex definition
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2021 03:56:21 +1300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20211230145621.GA3236@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Yc2QYUcIAV2SY9JU@kroah.com>

On Thu, Dec 30, 2021 at 11:56:33AM +0100, Greg KH wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 23, 2021 at 10:56:15AM +1300, Paulo Miguel Almeida wrote:
> > +	/*
> > +	 * rx_lock is used to avoid race-conditions that can be triggered from userspace.
> > +	 *
> > +	 * For instance, if a program in userspace is reading the char device
> > +	 * allocated in this module then another program won't be able to change RX
> > +	 * configuration of the RF69 hardware module via ioctl and vice versa.
> > +	 *
> > +	 * utilization summary:
> > +	 *  - pi433_read: blocks are read until rx read something (up to the buffer size)
> > +	 *  - pi433_ioctl: during pending read request, change of config not allowed
> > +	 */
> 
> This is nice, but way too specific, and will quickly get out-of-date.
> 
> How about something simple like:
> 	/* Protects all rx_* variable accesses */
> 
I see your point. I will send a new version of this patch with your
sugestion. Thanks for guidance.

thanks,

Paulo A.

      reply	other threads:[~2021-12-30 14:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-12-22 21:56 [PATCH v2] staging: pi433: add comment to rx_lock mutex definition Paulo Miguel Almeida
2021-12-30 10:56 ` Greg KH
2021-12-30 14:56   ` Paulo Miguel Almeida [this message]

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