linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Input: synaptics_i2c

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Message-ID: <20190217052959.GB107793@dtor-ws>
Date:   Sat, 16 Feb 2019 21:29:59 -0800
From:   Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To:     thesven73@...il.com
Cc:     linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Input: synaptics_i2c - remove redundant spinlock

Hi Sven,

On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 08:34:42PM -0500, thesven73@...il.com wrote:
> @@ -372,13 +371,7 @@ static bool synaptics_i2c_get_input(struct synaptics_i2c *touch)
>  static void synaptics_i2c_reschedule_work(struct synaptics_i2c *touch,
>  					  unsigned long delay)
>  {
> -	unsigned long flags;
> -
> -	spin_lock_irqsave(&touch->lock, flags);
> -
>  	mod_delayed_work(system_wq, &touch->dwork, delay);
> -
> -	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&touch->lock, flags);
>  }

This makes synaptics_i2c_reschedule_work() a useless wrapper for
mod_delayed_work(). Can we get rid of it?

Thanks.

-- 
Dmitry