linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/7] staging: most: Use spinlock

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Message-ID: <20190715191933.GA10934@kroah.com>
Date:   Mon, 15 Jul 2019 21:19:33 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Christian Gromm <christian.gromm@...rochip.com>,
        tglx@...utronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/7] staging: most: Use spinlock_t instead of struct
 spinlock

On Thu, Jul 04, 2019 at 05:38:00PM +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: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> Cc: Christian Gromm <christian.gromm@...rochip.com>
> Cc: devel@...verdev.osuosl.org
> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/most/net/net.c     | 3 +--
>  drivers/staging/most/video/video.c | 3 +--
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/most/net/net.c b/drivers/staging/most/net/net.c
> index c8a64e2090273..09b604df45e63 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/most/net/net.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/most/net/net.c
> @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ struct net_dev_context {
>  
>  static struct list_head net_devices = LIST_HEAD_INIT(net_devices);
>  static struct mutex probe_disc_mt; /* ch->linked = true, most_nd_open */
> -static struct spinlock list_lock; /* list_head, ch->linked = false, dev_hold */
> +static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(list_lock); /* list_head, ch->linked = false, dev_hold */
>  static struct core_component comp;
>  
>  static int skb_to_mamac(const struct sk_buff *skb, struct mbo *mbo)
> @@ -507,7 +507,6 @@ static struct core_component comp = {
>  
>  static int __init most_net_init(void)
>  {
> -	spin_lock_init(&list_lock);
>  	mutex_init(&probe_disc_mt);
>  	return most_register_component(&comp);
>  }
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/most/video/video.c b/drivers/staging/most/video/video.c
> index adca250062e1b..fcd9e111e8bd0 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/most/video/video.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/most/video/video.c
> @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ struct comp_fh {
>  };
>  
>  static struct list_head video_devices = LIST_HEAD_INIT(video_devices);
> -static struct spinlock list_lock;
> +static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(list_lock);
>  
>  static inline bool data_ready(struct most_video_dev *mdev)
>  {
> @@ -540,7 +540,6 @@ static struct core_component comp = {
>  
>  static int __init comp_init(void)
>  {
> -	spin_lock_init(&list_lock);
>  	return most_register_component(&comp);
>  }
>  

Does not apply on top of Linus's tree right now :(

Can you rebase and resend once 5.3-rc1 is out?

thanks,

greg k-h