linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/5] watchdog: Separate and maintain variables based on variable lifetime

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Date:	Tue, 22 Dec 2015 16:32:51 -0800
From:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:	Tomas Winkler <tomasw@...il.com>
Cc:	Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
	Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ana.be>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Watchdog Mailing List <linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org>,
	Damien Riegel <damien.riegel@...oirfairelinux.com>,
	Pratyush Anand <panand@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] watchdog: Separate and maintain variables based on
 variable lifetime

On 12/22/2015 02:05 PM, Tomas Winkler wrote:

>
>  > Do you see a situation where holding the lock between calls into the driver
>  > might be a problem ?
>
> I don't think u are holding the lock now in watchdog_unregister when WDOG_UNREGISTERED was dropped.

the lock is held while clearing the pointers:

	mutex_lock(&wd_data->lock);
         wd_data->wdd = NULL;
         wdd->wd_data = NULL;
         mutex_unlock(&wd_data->lock);

Guenter

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