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From: Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>
To: Laszlo Papp <lpapp@kde.org>
Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@samsung.com>,
	Sachin Kamat <sachin.kamat@linaro.org>,
	Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de>,
	Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6] mfd: MAX6650/6651 support
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 10:19:49 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140214101949.GD9462@lee--X1> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAOMwXhNd69KMDcBLjfiw16T3bWWki-Dvxbz+zhgNe6OESnVaSw@mail.gmail.com>

> >> +     mutex_init(&max665x->iolock);
> >
> > What is this needed for?
> 
> It was done for consistency with the other mfd drivers (maxim), e.g.
> 8997 or 8998 as the closest resemblence in this family. Would you
> prefer me removing this mutex locker?

If you're not using mutexes, why would you need to initialise it?

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  reply	other threads:[~2014-02-14 10:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-02-12  4:02 [PATCH v6] mfd: MAX6650/6651 support Laszlo Papp
2014-02-12  4:42 ` Sachin Kamat
2014-02-12  7:06   ` Laszlo Papp
2014-02-12  8:32     ` Lee Jones
2014-02-12  9:34       ` Laszlo Papp
2014-02-12 17:50 ` Mark Brown
2014-02-13  8:23   ` Lee Jones
2014-02-13  9:14     ` Laszlo Papp
2014-02-13 10:26       ` Mark Brown
2014-02-13 10:34       ` Laszlo Papp
2014-02-14  9:02   ` Laszlo Papp
2014-02-14 10:19     ` Lee Jones [this message]
2014-02-14 10:59       ` Laszlo Papp
2014-02-14 20:57     ` Mark Brown
2014-02-17  8:55       ` Laszlo Papp

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