linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v2 03/10] RapidIO: Use stored ingress port number instead of register read

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Date:	Wed, 15 Sep 2010 12:28:06 -0700
From:	"Bounine, Alexandre" <Alexandre.Bounine@....com>
To:	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
	"Thomas Moll" <thomas.moll@...go.com>,
	"Matt Porter" <mporter@...nel.crashing.org>,
	"Li Yang" <leoli@...escale.com>,
	"Kumar Gala" <galak@...nel.crashing.org>,
	"Micha Nelissen" <micha@...i.hopto.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v2 03/10] RapidIO: Use stored ingress port number instead of register read

Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
 
> What is the locking for rdev?  In other patches I see pointer chases
> with no obvious locking against concurrent changes?

This rdev should be safe because it is intended for use only by
rio_switch
attached to the same rdev. Therefore rio_global_list_lock will work
here.

I will check for safe locking in all my patches - this set and earlier.
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