linux-kernel - [PATCH 10/24] staging: ccree: document spinlock usage

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Date:   Mon, 13 Nov 2017 14:45:38 +0000
From:   Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@...yossef.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Ofir Drang <ofir.drang@....com>, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        driverdev-devel@...uxdriverproject.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 10/24] staging: ccree: document spinlock usage

Document spinlock usage to protect against concurrent
access to HW register which must occur a single
request at a time.

Signed-off-by: Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@...yossef.com>
---
 drivers/staging/ccree/ssi_request_mgr.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/ccree/ssi_request_mgr.c b/drivers/staging/ccree/ssi_request_mgr.c
index 65c4d9f..1d9c038 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/ccree/ssi_request_mgr.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/ccree/ssi_request_mgr.c
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ struct ssi_request_mgr_handle {
 	u32 req_queue_tail;
 	u32 axi_completed;
 	u32 q_free_slots;
+	/* This lock protects access to HW register
+	 * that must be single request at a time
+	 */
 	spinlock_t hw_lock;
 	struct cc_hw_desc compl_desc;
 	u8 *dummy_comp_buff;
-- 
2.7.4