linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] regulator: userspace-consumer: Use atomic operation

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Message-ID: <61279ff7-c1ad-446c-aa5e-4222a5cbd9fb@sirena.org.uk>
Date:   Wed, 23 Aug 2023 16:11:35 +0100
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     Naresh Solanki <naresh.solanki@...ements.com>
Cc:     Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>, zev@...ilderbeest.net,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] regulator: userspace-consumer: Use atomic operation

On Wed, Aug 23, 2023 at 04:15:57PM +0200, Naresh Solanki wrote:
> Replace mutexes with atomic operations.

Why?  Generally atomics are more complicated and hard to understand and
get right.

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