linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 2/4] x86, acpi, pci: Isolate new PCI mmconfig entry insertion.

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Message-ID: <545CDA87.2040701@linaro.org>
Date:	Fri, 07 Nov 2014 15:43:19 +0100
From:	Tomasz Nowicki <tomasz.nowicki@...aro.org>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
CC:	catalin.marinas@....com, will.deacon@....com, bhelgaas@...gle.com,
	Liviu.Dudau@....com, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com,
	hpa@...or.com, rjw@...ysocki.net, linaro-acpi@...ts.linaro.org,
	linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 2/4] x86, acpi, pci: Isolate new PCI mmconfig entry
 insertion.

On 07.11.2014 15:09, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Friday 07 November 2014 14:27:54 Tomasz Nowicki wrote:
>> Add special pci_mmcfg_insert_lock mutex since pci_mmcfg_lock was moved
>> to common file. No functional changes.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Tomasz Nowicki <tomasz.nowicki@...aro.org>
>>
>
> What is the new lock protecting against? You no longer have a mutual
> exclusion with the other code, which looks like it is a functional
> change, and also incorrect.
>
> It also sounds like the code was broken after the first patch and
> you need this one to make it compile again. You can't do that, and
> instead need to change the locking rules first.

Oh, that's right! Sorry I will take a look again.

Tomasz
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