linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 2/2] mfd: syscon: Add hardware spinlock support

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Message-ID: <20180111130833.gtspwn2pv6eozstk@dell>
Date:   Thu, 11 Jan 2018 13:08:33 +0000
From:   Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
To:     Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...aro.org>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        DTML <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 2/2] mfd: syscon: Add hardware spinlock support

On Thu, 11 Jan 2018, Baolin Wang wrote:

> Hi Arnd,
> 
> On 2 January 2018 at 23:36, Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org> wrote:
> > Arnd,
> >
> >> Some system control registers need hardware spinlock to synchronize
> >> between the multiple subsystems, so we should add hardware spinlock
> >> support for syscon.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...aro.org>
> >> Acked-by: Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
> >
> > ... did you sign off on this in the end?
> >
> 
> Could you apply this patch if there are no other issue? Thanks.

Arnd is the expert in this area.

Ideally I'd like his Ack before applying the patch.

-- 
Lee Jones
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