linux-kernel - Re: [alsa-devel] [PATCH 0/2] ASoC: hdmi-codec: fix locking issue

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Message-ID: <20191024113444.GF5207@sirena.co.uk>
Date:   Thu, 24 Oct 2019 12:34:44 +0100
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     Jerome Brunet <jbrunet@...libre.com>
Cc:     Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>, Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
        alsa-devel@...a-project.org,
        Russell King <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [alsa-devel] [PATCH 0/2] ASoC: hdmi-codec: fix locking issue

On Wed, Oct 23, 2019 at 07:53:31PM +0200, Jerome Brunet wrote:

> With the revert, we are back to the bit ops. Even if it works, Mark's
> original comment on the bit ops still stands I think. This is why I'm
> proposing patch 2 but I don't really mind if it is applied or not.

Yeah, it's not *required* but the atomic operations have lots of spiky
edges so a simpler locking construct would have less chance of running
into trouble later when someone's updating the code.

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