linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/6] regulator: core: create unlocked version of regulator_list

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Message-ID: <20150930223603.GF15635@sirena.org.uk>
Date:	Wed, 30 Sep 2015 23:36:03 +0100
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:	Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
	kernel@...gutronix.de, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/6] regulator: core: create unlocked version of
 regulator_list_voltage

On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 04:05:43PM +0200, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> The unlocked version will be needed when we start propagating voltage
> changes to the supply regulators.

I'm now wondering why we have a locked _list_voltage() in the first
place...  it *should* be a pure function that doesn't need any locking.
I'll check tomorrow if there are any users who care but if there aren't
the change here is probably to remove the locking entirely.

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