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Date:   Wed, 3 Jan 2018 16:02:07 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Russell King <rmk+kernel@....linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/5] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Hold mutex while doing
 stats operations

On Wed, Jan 03, 2018 at 09:32:42AM -0500, Vivien Didelot wrote:
> Hi Andrew,
> 
> Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch> writes:
> 
> > -static int mv88e6xxx_get_sset_count(struct dsa_switch *ds, int port)
> > +static int _mv88e6xxx_get_sset_count(struct dsa_switch *ds, int port)
> >  {
> >  	struct mv88e6xxx_chip *chip = ds->priv;
> >  
> > @@ -702,6 +706,19 @@ static int mv88e6xxx_get_sset_count(struct dsa_switch *ds, int port)
> >  	return 0;
> >  }
> 
> We worked to remove the old underscore prefix convention. Please don't
> add it back... Simply rework the return statements of
> mv88e6xxx_get_sset_count to lock/unlock there.

Hi Vivien

That makes mv88e6xxx_get_sset_count quite complex, making it error
prone. Doing the locking in a separate function makes is very clear
the lock is held and then correctly released. So i will just rename
_mv88e6xxx_get_sset_count() to mv88e6xxx_get_sset_count_locked()

    Andrew