linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] gpiolib: use a mutex to protect the list of GPIO devices

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Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2023 10:00:39 +0100
From: Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>
To: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>, Kent Gibson <warthog618@...il.com>, 
	linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] gpiolib: use a mutex to protect the list of GPIO devices

On Fri, Dec 15, 2023 at 6:33 PM Andy Shevchenko
<andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Dec 15, 2023 at 04:53:00PM +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> > From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@...aro.org>
> >
> > The global list of GPIO devices is never modified or accessed from
> > atomic context so it's fine to protect it using a mutex. Add a new
> > global lock dedicated to the gpio_devices list and use it whenever
> > accessing or modifying it.
> >
> > While at it: fold the sysfs registering of existing devices into
> > gpiolib.c and make gpio_devices static within its compilation unit.
>

This part is no longer true, I'll remove it and apply the patches.

Bart

> LGTM,
> Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
>
> --
> With Best Regards,
> Andy Shevchenko
>
>