linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] staging: ad7606: Replace mlock with driver private lock

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Message-ID: <fe1d918f-76e0-8574-c234-fc2fc9268c59@metafoo.de>
Date:   Mon, 20 Mar 2017 20:33:53 +0100
From:   Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>
To:     Arushi Singhal <arushisinghal19971997@...il.com>
Cc:     Michael Hennerich <Michael.Hennerich@...log.com>,
        Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>,
        Hartmut Knaack <knaack.h@....de>,
        Peter Meerwald-Stadler <pmeerw@...erw.net>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-iio@...r.kernel.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, outreachy-kernel@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] staging: ad7606: Replace mlock with driver private
 lock

On 03/20/2017 07:56 PM, Arushi Singhal wrote:
[...]
> @@ -413,6 +413,7 @@ int ad7606_probe(struct device *dev, int irq, void __iomem *base_address,
>  	st = iio_priv(indio_dev);
>  
>  	st->dev = dev;
> +	mutex_init(&st->lock);

This is nitpicking, but putting this in the middle of the assignments has a
bit of a weired flow it. Either put it above or below the assignments.

>  	st->bops = bops;
>  	st->base_address = base_address;
>  	/* tied to logic low, analog input range is +/- 5V */
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad7606.h b/drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad7606.h
> index 746f9553d2ba..5d59bdd78727 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad7606.h
> +++ b/drivers/staging/iio/adc/ad7606.h
> @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
>   * @name:		identification string for chip
>   * @channels:		channel specification
>   * @num_channels:	number of channels
> + * @lock		protect sensor state

This documentation is for struct ad7607_chip_info, but you are adding the
field to struct ad7606_state.

>   */
>  
>  struct ad7606_chip_info {
> @@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ struct ad7606_state {
>  	bool				done;
>  	void __iomem			*base_address;
>  
> +	struct mutex			lock; /* protect sensor state */
>  	struct gpio_desc		*gpio_convst;
>  	struct gpio_desc		*gpio_reset;
>  	struct gpio_desc		*gpio_range;
>