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Message-Id: <20100401130359.9a9b5c7b.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 13:03:59 -0700
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To: "Ira W. Snyder" <iws@...o.caltech.edu>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, socketcan-core@...ts.berlios.de,
netdev@...r.kernel.org, sameo@...ux.intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] can: add support for Janz VMOD-ICAN3 Intelligent
CAN module
On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 09:58:51 -0700
"Ira W. Snyder" <iws@...o.caltech.edu> wrote:
> The Janz VMOD-ICAN3 is a MODULbus daughterboard which fits onto any
> MODULbus carrier board. It is an intelligent CAN controller with a
> microcontroller and associated firmware.
>
A neat-looking driver.
> ...
>
> + spin_lock_irqsave(&mod->lock, flags);
>
> ...
It does this rather a lot. it seems to be doing quite a lot of work
under that lock, too - quite a lot of memcpy_toio(), other stuff.
Is there potential here to disable interrupt for too long? Not
possible to use spin_lock_bh() here?
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