linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 04/17 v2] ASoC: dapm: Add unlocked version of snd_soc_dapm

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Date:	Tue, 18 Feb 2014 17:14:27 +0100
From:	Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>
To:	Charles Keepax <ckeepax@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
CC:	broonie@...nel.org, myungjoo.ham@...sung.com,
	cw00.choi@...sung.com, dmitry.torokhov@...il.com,
	lgirdwood@...il.com, peter.ujfalusi@...com,
	jarkko.nikula@...mer.com, eric.y.miao@...il.com,
	haojian.zhuang@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	patches@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com, alsa-devel@...a-project.org,
	linux@....linux.org.uk
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/17 v2] ASoC: dapm: Add unlocked version of snd_soc_dapm_sync

On 02/18/2014 04:22 PM, Charles Keepax wrote:
> We will often call sync after several functions that require the DAPM
> mutex to be held. Rather than release and immediately relock the mutex
> provide an unlocked function for this situation.
>
> Signed-off-by: Charles Keepax <ckeepax@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>

We should add lockdep_assert() to the unlocked versions to catch broken 
users, but that can be done in a follow-up patch.
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