linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 2/3] counter: 104-quad-8: Add lock guards

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Message-ID: <CACG_h5qwXxA0EthdCjz3jNbW0Lgtdy7ycCvt8xCHLh8dog-Xqw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Sun, 7 Jun 2020 10:52:57 +0530
From:   Syed Nayyar Waris <syednwaris@...il.com>
To:     William Breathitt Gray <vilhelm.gray@...il.com>
Cc:     Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>, linux-iio@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 2/3] counter: 104-quad-8: Add lock guards -
 differential encoder

On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 7:48 AM William Breathitt Gray
<vilhelm.gray@...il.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 06:20:06PM +0530, Syed Nayyar Waris wrote:
> > Add lock protection from race conditions to 104-quad-8 counter driver
> > for differential encoder status code changes. Mutex lock calls used for
> > protection.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Syed Nayyar Waris <syednwaris@...il.com>
> > ---
> > Changes in v5:
> >  - Change spin lock calls to mutex lock calls.
> >  - Modify the title description.
>
> Looks like the Fixes tags were dropped in these last two patches. I
> suppose they aren't really necessary though since these features haven't
> yet made it out of the IIO tree, so no need to backport these fixes.
>
> Signed-off-by: William Breathitt Gray <vilhelm.gray@...il.com>

Adding the 'Fixes' tag:

Fixes: bbef69e088c3 ("counter: 104-quad-8: Support Differential
Encoder Cable Status")

Regards
Syed Nayyar Waris