linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 00/24] i2c mux cleanup and locking update

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Message-ID: <5718C896.9070302@intel.com>
Date:	Thu, 21 Apr 2016 15:33:26 +0300
From:	Crestez Dan Leonard <leonard.crestez@...el.com>
To:	Peter Rosin <peda@...ntia.se>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
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	Peter Korsgaard <peter.korsgaard@...co.com>,
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	devicetree@...r.kernel.org, Peter Rosin <peda@...ator.liu.se>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 00/24] i2c mux cleanup and locking update

On 04/20/2016 06:17 PM, Peter Rosin wrote:
> v7 compared to v6:
> - Removed i2c_mux_reserve_adapters, and all realloc attempts in
>   i2c_mux_add_adapter. Supply a maximum number of adapters in i2c_mux_alloc
>   instead.
> - Removed i2c_mux_one_adapter since it is was hard to use correctly, which
>   was evident from the crash in the mpu6050 driver (on a mpu9150 chip) reported
>   by Crestez Dan Leonard. Also, it didn't make things all that much simpler
>   anyway (even if used correctly).
> - Rename i2c_mux_core:adapters into i2c_mux_core:num_adapters.
> - Some grammar and spelling fixes.

I tested this new version on mpu9150 and there are no more obvious
deadlocks or crashes. The magnetometer and accel/gyro can be used at the
same time without issues.