netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 net-next v3 08/14] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: rename smi_mutex to reg

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Message-ID: <20160618202007.GC7172@lunn.ch>
Date:	Sat, 18 Jun 2016 22:20:07 +0200
From:	Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:	Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel@...oirfairelinux.com,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
	Ben Dooks <ben.dooks@...ethink.co.uk>,
	Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 net-next v3 08/14] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: rename
 smi_mutex to reg_lock

On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 08:07:30PM -0400, Vivien Didelot wrote:
> The chip smi_mutex mutex is used to protect the access to the internal
> switch registers, not only the Multi-chip Addressing Mode, as commented.
> 
> Other registers access (like management frames) may use this mutex.
> 
> Since we will isolate SMI-specific pieces of code, avoid the confusion
> now by renaming smi_mutex to reg_lock. No functional changes here.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

    Andrew