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Date:   Mon, 10 Oct 2016 20:40:37 +0200
From:   "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...nel.org>
To:     Daniel Wagner <daniel.wagner@...-carit.de>
Cc:     "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
        Ming Lei <ming.lei@...onical.com>,
        Daniel Wagner <wagi@...om.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "rafael.j.wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...el.com>,
        Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.com>,
        Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>,
        Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@...adcom.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/5] firmware: document user mode helper lock usage

On Fri, Oct 07, 2016 at 08:16:29AM +0200, Daniel Wagner wrote:
> > > Sorry, I am a bit confused now. What is the consensus here:
> > > 
> > >  a) add a comment to _request_firmware() as in this patch #1 v5
> > 
> > The adding a comment note from Daniel was that the UMH lock is *not*
> > needed on the direct firmware loading case, he's lazy to remove it
> > now so he'll just add a comment.
> 
> IIRC, we hadn't really settle on what the right solution is or I couldn't
> parse it. That is why I am asking specifically which version is the right
> thing. Don't worry I don't want to shortcut here :)

The removal of the lock from the general case is the right thing, I however
wanted Ming to also acknowledge this change, I suppose he can do so if you
supply a respin, or you can wait.

  Luis

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