linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] ASoC: hdmi-codec: remove reference to the current substream

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Message-ID: <5b677f1581565bd8c915a14cd91352ec4bcabdd7.camel@baylibre.com>
Date:   Thu, 09 May 2019 10:11:48 +0200
From:   Jerome Brunet <jbrunet@...libre.com>
To:     Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Cc:     Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>, alsa-devel@...a-project.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, patchwork-bot+notify@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] ASoC: hdmi-codec: remove reference to the
 current substream

On Wed, 2019-05-08 at 17:57 +0900, Mark Brown wrote:
> > Another solution would be to use the mutex as the 'busy' flag.
> > Get the ownership of the hdmi using try_lock() in startup() and
> > release it in shutdown()
> 
> > Would you have a preference Mark ? 
> 
> Probably using a mutex for the flag is clearer.  I'd rather keep things
> as simple as absolutely possible to avoid people making mistakes in
> future.

Hi Mark,

I received a notification that you applied this patch.
Just to confirm, you expect a follow up patch to re-introduce the mutex, right ?

Thanks
Jerome