linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] iio: adc: ti-ads1298: Add driver

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Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2024 18:32:58 +0200
From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To: Mike Looijmans <mike.looijmans@...ic.nl>
Cc: devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-iio@...r.kernel.org,
	Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>,
	Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>,
	Liam Beguin <liambeguin@...il.com>,
	Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
	Maksim Kiselev <bigunclemax@...il.com>,
	Marcus Folkesson <marcus.folkesson@...il.com>,
	Marius Cristea <marius.cristea@...rochip.com>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
	Niklas Schnelle <schnelle@...ux.ibm.com>,
	Okan Sahin <okan.sahin@...log.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] iio: adc: ti-ads1298: Add driver

On Tue, Feb 06, 2024 at 04:44:03PM +0100, Mike Looijmans wrote:
> On 06-02-2024 16:09, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 06, 2024 at 03:47:45PM +0100, Mike Looijmans wrote:

..

> > But it's up to you what to do with that.
> > Maybe Jonathan can advice something different.
> > 
> The spinlock also protects the call to spi_async().

I don't get this. Locks usually protect the data and not the code.
Can you elaborate?

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko