linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH] spi: Take the SPI IO-mutex in the spi

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Message-ID: <20201120171629.GH6751@sirena.org.uk>
Date:   Fri, 20 Nov 2020 17:17:48 +0000
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     Serge Semin <Sergey.Semin@...kalelectronics.ru>
Cc:     Serge Semin <fancer.lancer@...il.com>,
        Alexey Malahov <Alexey.Malahov@...kalelectronics.ru>,
        Ramil Zaripov <Ramil.Zaripov@...kalelectronics.ru>,
        Pavel Parkhomenko <Pavel.Parkhomenko@...kalelectronics.ru>,
        linux-spi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] spi: Take the SPI IO-mutex in the spi_setup() method

On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 12:45:17PM +0300, Serge Semin wrote:

> Of course I could have provided a fix affecting the DW APB SSI driver
> only, for instance, by creating a mutual exclusive access to the set_cs
> callback and setting/clearing only the bit responsible for the
> corresponding chip-select. But after a short research I've discovered that

I think the driver needs a fix anyway for the case where there's a mix
of devices with standard and inverted chip selects, it assumes they all
have the same polarity AFAICT.

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