linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] HID: Remove the semaphore driver

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Date:   Tue, 1 Aug 2017 13:17:27 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>
To:     Binoy Jayan <binoy.jayan@...aro.org>
cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Rajendra <rnayak@...eaurora.org>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>,
        David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@...glemail.com>,
        Andrew de los Reyes <adlr@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] HID: Remove the semaphore driver_lock

On Wed, 14 Jun 2017, Binoy Jayan wrote:

> The semaphore 'driver_lock' is used as a simple mutex, and
> also unnecessary as suggested by Arnd. Hence removing it, as
> the concurrency between the probe and remove is already
> handled in the driver core.
> 
> Suggested-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> Signed-off-by: Binoy Jayan <binoy.jayan@...aro.org>
> Acked-by: Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>
> Reviewed-by: David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@...il.com>
> ---
> 
> v3 --> v4:
> Changed title
> 
> v2 --> v3:
> Removed reference to driver_lock in comments
> 
> v1 --> v2:
> Removed driver_lock

Applied to hid.git#for-4.14/driver-lock-removal. Thanks,

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs