linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/7] watchdog: ie6xx_wdt: Use spinlock

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Date:   Mon, 8 Jul 2019 10:55:33 -0700
From:   Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:     Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ux-watchdog.org>,
        linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/7] watchdog: ie6xx_wdt: Use spinlock_t instead of
 struct spinlock

On Thu, Jul 04, 2019 at 05:38:01PM +0200, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> For spinlocks the type spinlock_t should be used instead of "struct
> spinlock".
> 
> Use spinlock_t for spinlock's definition.
> 
> Cc: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ux-watchdog.org>
> Cc: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
> Cc: linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>

Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>

> ---
>  drivers/watchdog/ie6xx_wdt.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/ie6xx_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/ie6xx_wdt.c
> index 508fbefce9f6a..82a8cf61efc2a 100644
> --- a/drivers/watchdog/ie6xx_wdt.c
> +++ b/drivers/watchdog/ie6xx_wdt.c
> @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(resetmode,
>  
>  static struct {
>  	unsigned short sch_wdtba;
> -	struct spinlock unlock_sequence;
> +	spinlock_t unlock_sequence;
>  #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
>  	struct dentry *debugfs;
>  #endif