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Date:	Mon, 11 Feb 2013 22:57:05 -0600
From:	Suman Anna <s-anna@...com>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@...uxfoundation.org>
CC:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Ohad Ben-Cohen <ohad@...ery.com>,
	Paul Walmsley <paul@...an.com>,
	Benoit Cousson <b-cousson@...com>,
	Loic Pallardy <loic.pallardy@...com>,
	Omar Ramirez Luna <omar.ramirez@...itl.com>,
	<linux-omap@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>,
	Janusz Krzysztofik <jkrzyszt@....icnet.pl>,
	Dom Cobley <popcornmix@...il.com>,
	Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ana.be>,
	Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@...ia.com>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Omar Ramirez Luna <omar.luna@...aro.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 06/13] mailbox: change protection mechanisms

From: Loic Pallardy <loic.pallardy@...com>

TX: replace spin by mutex to release CPU
during wait on mailbox resource.

Signed-off-by: Loic Pallardy <loic.pallardy@...com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
---
 drivers/mailbox/mailbox.c          | 5 +++--
 drivers/mailbox/mailbox_internal.h | 1 +
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mailbox/mailbox.c b/drivers/mailbox/mailbox.c
index 6b43e7c..ff6595a 100644
--- a/drivers/mailbox/mailbox.c
+++ b/drivers/mailbox/mailbox.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ int mailbox_msg_send(struct mailbox *mbox, struct mailbox_msg *msg)
 	struct mailbox_queue *mq = mbox->txq;
 	int ret = 0, len;
 
-	spin_lock_bh(&mq->lock);
+	mutex_lock(&mq->mlock);
 
 	if (kfifo_avail(&mq->fifo) < (sizeof(msg) + msg->size)) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ int mailbox_msg_send(struct mailbox *mbox, struct mailbox_msg *msg)
 	tasklet_schedule(&mbox->txq->tasklet);
 
 out:
-	spin_unlock_bh(&mq->lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&mq->mlock);
 	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(mailbox_msg_send);
@@ -289,6 +289,7 @@ static struct mailbox_queue *mbox_queue_alloc(struct mailbox *mbox,
 		return NULL;
 
 	spin_lock_init(&mq->lock);
+	mutex_init(&mq->mlock);
 
 	if (kfifo_alloc(&mq->fifo, mbox_kfifo_size, GFP_KERNEL))
 		goto error;
diff --git a/drivers/mailbox/mailbox_internal.h b/drivers/mailbox/mailbox_internal.h
index ba03910..04f83bf 100644
--- a/drivers/mailbox/mailbox_internal.h
+++ b/drivers/mailbox/mailbox_internal.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ struct mailbox_ops {
 
 struct mailbox_queue {
 	spinlock_t              lock;
+	struct mutex		mlock;
 	struct kfifo            fifo;
 	struct work_struct      work;
 	struct tasklet_struct   tasklet;
-- 
1.8.1.2

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