netdev - Re: [PATCH resend] Renesas Ethernet AVB driver

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Message-ID: <5516B2D8.6010006@cogentembedded.com>
Date:	Sat, 28 Mar 2015 16:55:36 +0300
From:	Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
To:	Lino Sanfilippo <LinoSanfilippo@....de>, robh+dt@...nel.org,
	pawel.moll@....com, mark.rutland@....com,
	ijc+devicetree@...lion.org.uk, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
	galak@...eaurora.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
CC:	linux-sh@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH resend] Renesas Ethernet AVB driver

Hello.

On 3/28/2015 8:17 AM, Lino Sanfilippo wrote:

>> +	spinlock_t lock;		/* Register access lock */

> Do you really need one huge lock for all register accesses? Maybe you

    AFAIK, this is the usual practice.

> Regards,
> Lino

WBR, Sergei

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