Re: [PATCH v5 2/4] pwm: make it possible to apply pwm changes in atomic context

From: Thierry Reding
Date: Fri Nov 24 2023 - 08:37:00 EST


On Sat, Nov 18, 2023 at 04:16:18PM +0000, Sean Young wrote:
[...]
> diff --git a/include/linux/pwm.h b/include/linux/pwm.h
> index c4b066f7c5097..495aba06c64c3 100644
> --- a/include/linux/pwm.h
> +++ b/include/linux/pwm.h
> @@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ struct pwm_ops {
> * @npwm: number of PWMs controlled by this chip
> * @of_xlate: request a PWM device given a device tree PWM specifier
> * @of_pwm_n_cells: number of cells expected in the device tree PWM specifier
> + * @atomic: can the driver execute pwm_apply_cansleep in atomic context

I'm a little reluctant to suggest that we rename this to might_sleep as
well because it would require that we audit each and every driver to set
this properly, since by default all devices have so far been defaulting
to "might_sleep". But then again, I think that's something that we're
going to need to do at some point anyway.

In the interim, I think we could keep it like this and address this as a
follow-up.

Thierry

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