linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] gpiolib: replace the GPIO device mutex with a read-write semaphore

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Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2024 23:12:47 +0100
From: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To: Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>
Cc: linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] gpiolib: replace the GPIO device mutex with a
 read-write semaphore

On Tue, Jan 2, 2024 at 4:59 PM Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl> wrote:

> From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@...aro.org>
>
> There are only two spots where we modify (add to or remove objects from)
> the GPIO device list. Readers should be able to access it concurrently.
> Replace the mutex with a read-write semaphore and adjust the locking
> operations accordingly.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@...aro.org>

Looks correct to me.
Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>

Yours,
Linus Walleij