linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] DS2781 Maxim Stand-Alone Fuel Gauge battery and w1 slave drivers

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Date:	Wed, 29 Feb 2012 21:52:59 +0300
From:	Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@...emap.net>
To:	Renata Sayakhova <rsayakhova@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, greg@...ah.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] DS2781 Maxim Stand-Alone Fuel Gauge battery and w1
 slave drivers

Hi Renata

On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 02:58:53PM +0100, Renata Sayakhova (rsayakhova@...il.com) wrote:
> 
> Signed-off-by: Renata Sayakhova <rsayakhova@...il.com>

Patch looks good except this weird function

> +static inline int ds2781_battery_io(struct ds2781_device_info *dev_info,
> +	char *buf, int addr, size_t count, int io)
> +{
> +	if (dev_info->mutex_holder == current)
> +		return w1_ds2781_io_nolock(dev_info->w1_dev, buf, addr,
> +				count, io);
> +	else
> +		return w1_ds2781_io(dev_info->w1_dev, buf, addr, count, io);
> +}

Who in the stack can run away holding mutex?

-- 
	Evgeniy Polyakov
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