linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MFD : add MAX77686 mfd driver

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Date:	Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:17:49 +0200
From:	Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@...il.com>
To:	Jonghwa Lee <jonghwa3.lee@...sung.com>
Cc:	sameo@...ux.intel.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	cw00.choi@...sung.com, Chiwoong byun <woong.byun@...sung.com>,
	Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@...sung.com>,
	MyungJoo Ham <myungjoo.ham@...sung.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MFD : add MAX77686 mfd driver

Hi,

> +	mutex_lock(&max77686->iolock);
> +	ret = i2c_smbus_read_i2c_block_data(i2c, reg, count, buf);
> +	mutex_unlock(&max77686->iolock);

Is it relly necessay to lock whenever you read/write from/to the
i2c bus? Considering also that these are exported function,
someone else may lock here before, so we can have a double
locking on the same mutex.

Andi
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