linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/5] i2c: smbus: add unlocked __i2c_smbus

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Message-ID: <20180703210100.jpxz4xwwwgvjqycv@ninjato>
Date:   Tue, 3 Jul 2018 23:01:00 +0200
From:   Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>
To:     Peter Rosin <peda@...ntia.se>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Vadim Pasternak <vadimp@...lanox.com>,
        Michael Shych <michaelsh@...lanox.com>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>,
        Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.com>, linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] i2c: smbus: add unlocked __i2c_smbus_xfer variant

On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 10:51:52AM +0200, Peter Rosin wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> There are a couple of users that could benefit from an unlocked variant
> of i2c_smbus_xfer. In response to [1] I dusted off an old series that I
> have had in a branch for a while that adds such a beast. It also converts
> over some users in the i2c-mux department.
> 
> There are a couple of remaining candidates in i2c/busses/i2c-amd756-s4882.c
> and i2c/busses/i2c-nforce2-s4985.c, but frankly, those are just too nasty.
> Why do they unregister the root adapter and then continue to use it? I
> dare not touch that code...
> 
> Anyway, this series looks like a nice cleanup to me, and the recent sccb
> patch from Akinobu Mita could also benefit, as indicated by Wolfram [1].

Applied to for-next, thanks!


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