linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] regmap: debugfs: Ensure proper locking of `debugfs_off

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Date:	Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:57:03 +0000
From:	Dimitris Papastamos <dp@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
To:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, patches@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] regmap: debugfs: Ensure proper locking of
	`debugfs_off_cache' list

On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 02:54:17PM +0000, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 12:31:48PM +0000, Dimitris Papastamos wrote:
> 
> > There is a possible race between the read operations of the `registers'
> > file and the `range' file.  Close that down by taking the appropriate
> > locks when modifying/accessing the list.
> 
> This seems like an incremental fix on the previous change; the previous
> change introduced the ranges file with a race condition.  If splitting
> them up add the lock first and then add the ranges file that made it
> needed.
> 
> Please do also thread patch series together.

Aw yes, cool.
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