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Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2026 12:55:27 +0100
From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Minu Jin <s9430939@naver.com>
Cc: parthiban.veerasooran@microchip.com, christian.gromm@microchip.com,
	dan.carpenter@linaro.org, linux-staging@lists.linux.dev,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: most: dim2: fix a race condition in
 complete_all_mbos()
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On Fri, Feb 06, 2026 at 01:02:31AM +0900, Minu Jin wrote:
> The current implementation of complete_all_mbos() repeatedly acquires
> and releases the spinlock in loop. This causes lock contention.

Is that actually measurable?  If not, don't worry about it.  Only if it
is should you worry about it :)

So please, benchmark the code and see if this is the case or not.

thanks,

greg k-h