[PATCH] gpiolib: Drop cargo-culted comment

Linus Walleij
2023-11-24T23:25:54Z

This comment about the gpio_lock is just completely confusing and
misleading. This refers to a gpio_desc that would in 2008 be used
to hold the list of gpio_chips, but nowadays gpio_desc refers to
descriptors of individual GPIO lines and this comment is completely
unparseable. Delete it.

Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
---
drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c | 4 ----
1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
index 95d2a7b2ea3e..1c47af866bf6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -86,10 +86,6 @@ static struct bus_type gpio_bus_type = {
*/
#define FASTPATH_NGPIO CONFIG_GPIOLIB_FASTPATH_LIMIT

-/* gpio_lock prevents conflicts during gpio_desc[] table updates.
- * While any GPIO is requested, its gpio_chip is not removable;
- * each GPIO's "requested" flag serves as a lock and refcount.
- */
DEFINE_SPINLOCK(gpio_lock);

static DEFINE_MUTEX(gpio_lookup_lock);

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base-commit: b85ea95d086471afb4ad062012a4d73cd328fa86
change-id: 20231125-dropcomment-89e5b7b4cc3f

Best regards,
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Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>