linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 23/24] gpio: remove the RW semaphore from the GPIO device

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Message-ID: <20240210053730.GA187163@rigel>
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2024 13:37:30 +0800
From: Kent Gibson <warthog618@...il.com>
To: Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>
Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>, Alex Elder <elder@...aro.org>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
	"Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
	Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>, linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 23/24] gpio: remove the RW semaphore from the GPIO
 device

On Thu, Feb 08, 2024 at 10:59:19AM +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@...aro.org>
>
> With all accesses to gdev->chip being protected with SRCU, we can now
> remove the RW-semaphore specific to the character device which
> fullfilled the same role up to this point.
>

fulfilled

> Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@...aro.org>
> Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
> ---
>  drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.c | 1 -
>  drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c      | 4 ----
>  drivers/gpio/gpiolib.h      | 5 -----
>  3 files changed, 10 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.c
> index ccdeed013f6b..9323b357df43 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.c
> @@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
>  #include <linux/pinctrl/consumer.h>
>  #include <linux/poll.h>
>  #include <linux/rbtree.h>
> -#include <linux/rwsem.h>
>  #include <linux/seq_file.h>
>  #include <linux/spinlock.h>
>  #include <linux/timekeeping.h>

Shouldn't this be part of the rwsem -> srcu switch in the previous
patch?

Other than those nits, FWIW the series looks good to me.

Cheers,
Kent.