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[1/2] Staging: iio: ade7758: Remove iio_dev mlock

Message ID 88eba335f73f931acb1e5d1be63992f8ae0fdc5b.1517845616.git.shreeya.patel23498@gmail.com (mailing list archive)
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Shreeya Patel Feb. 5, 2018, 7:38 p.m. UTC
In the ade7758 file, read raw does not require iio_dev->mlock for
reads. It can run concurrently as resource protection is handled
by buf_lock in read register.

Signed-off-by: Shreeya Patel <shreeya.patel23498@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/staging/iio/meter/ade7758_core.c | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

Comments

Alexandru Ardelean Feb. 6, 2018, 7:23 a.m. UTC | #1
On Tue, 2018-02-06 at 01:08 +0530, Shreeya Patel wrote:
> In the ade7758 file, read raw does not require iio_dev->mlock for

> reads. It can run concurrently as resource protection is handled

> by buf_lock in read register.


Removed linux-kernel list and Greg from reply list.

> 

> Signed-off-by: Shreeya Patel <shreeya.patel23498@gmail.com>

> ---

>  drivers/staging/iio/meter/ade7758_core.c | 2 --

>  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

> 

> diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/meter/ade7758_core.c b/drivers/staging/iio/meter/ade7758_core.c

> index 7b7ffe5..227dbfc 100644

> --- a/drivers/staging/iio/meter/ade7758_core.c

> +++ b/drivers/staging/iio/meter/ade7758_core.c

> @@ -526,9 +526,7 @@ static int ade7758_read_raw(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,

>  

>  	switch (mask) {

>  	case IIO_CHAN_INFO_SAMP_FREQ:

> -		mutex_lock(&indio_dev->mlock);

>  		ret = ade7758_read_samp_freq(&indio_dev->dev, val);

> -		mutex_unlock(&indio_dev->mlock);


this patch can be squashed into the second one
semantically they are the same

>  		return ret;

>  	default:

>  		return -EINVAL;
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diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/meter/ade7758_core.c b/drivers/staging/iio/meter/ade7758_core.c
index 7b7ffe5..227dbfc 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/meter/ade7758_core.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/meter/ade7758_core.c
@@ -526,9 +526,7 @@  static int ade7758_read_raw(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
 
 	switch (mask) {
 	case IIO_CHAN_INFO_SAMP_FREQ:
-		mutex_lock(&indio_dev->mlock);
 		ret = ade7758_read_samp_freq(&indio_dev->dev, val);
-		mutex_unlock(&indio_dev->mlock);
 		return ret;
 	default:
 		return -EINVAL;