linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/8] staging: vme: allow explicit assignment of bus numbers

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Date:	Mon, 1 Aug 2011 14:10:00 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>
To:	Manohar Vanga <manohar.vanga@...n.ch>
Cc:	gregkh@...e.de, martyn.welch@...com, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	cota@...ap.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/8] staging: vme: allow explicit assignment of bus
 numbers

On Mon, Aug 01, 2011 at 12:20:47PM +0200, Manohar Vanga wrote:
> -static int vme_alloc_bus_num(void)
> +/* call with vme_bus_num_mtx held */

Why move the lock outside the function?

> +static int __vme_alloc_bus_num(int bus_num)
>  {

regards,
dan carpenter

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