linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: pi433: add rw semaphore fixing concurrency issues

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Date:   Fri, 1 Jun 2018 18:09:54 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Hugo Lefeuvre <hle@....eu.com>
Cc:     kernelnewbies@...nelnewbies.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: pi433: add rw semaphore fixing concurrency
 issues

On Fri, Jun 01, 2018 at 08:50:37AM -0400, Hugo Lefeuvre wrote:
> Add a rw semaphore fixing potential NULL pointer dereferences in the
> pi433 driver.

Unless you can measure the performance difference, do not use a rw
semaphore, just use a normal mutex please.  Odds are it will be faster
in the end and take up less space.

So please test, or if you can't test, just use a mutex.

thanks,

greg k-h