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

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Message-ID: <CABqG17gQEa70kEDVVhNkOeM2SYdZ6-gkYfYJUNV+=NzyogK_PA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 24 Aug 2023 16:34:05 +0530
From:   Naresh Solanki <naresh.solanki@...ements.com>
To:     Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Cc:     Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>, zev@...ilderbeest.net,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] regulator: userspace-consumer: Use atomic operation

Hi,


On Wed, 23 Aug 2023 at 20:41, Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> 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.
Since the operations involved here are simple & short & can be managed by
atomic operation.

Regards,
Naresh