linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] serdev: Add minimal bus locking API

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Date:   Wed, 15 Mar 2017 01:20:21 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Andrey Smirnov <andrew.smirnov@...il.com>
Cc:     Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, Chris Healy <cphealy@...il.com>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        "linux-serial@...r.kernel.org" <linux-serial@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] serdev: Add minimal bus locking API

On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 3:48 PM, Andrey Smirnov
<andrew.smirnov@...il.com> wrote:
> Add minimal bus locking API which is useful for serial devices that
> implement request-reply protocol

Can you put an example here?

I'm not sure mutex is needed at all.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko