linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 09/10] mfd: 88pm860x-i2c: switch to i2c_lock_bus(..., I2C_LOCK

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Date:   Wed, 4 Jul 2018 08:04:32 +0100
From:   Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
To:     Peter Rosin <peda@...ntia.se>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 09/10] mfd: 88pm860x-i2c: switch to i2c_lock_bus(...,
 I2C_LOCK_SEGMENT)

On Wed, 20 Jun 2018, Peter Rosin wrote:

> Locking the root adapter for __i2c_transfer will deadlock if the
> device sits behind a mux-locked I2C mux. Switch to the finer-grained
> i2c_lock_bus with the I2C_LOCK_SEGMENT flag. If the device does not
> sit behind a mux-locked mux, the two locking variants are equivalent.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Rosin <peda@...ntia.se>
> ---
>  drivers/mfd/88pm860x-i2c.c | 8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

If Wolfram is happy with this, then I am.

Since this file sees few changes - please merge through the I2C tree.

Acked-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>

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