Re: [PATCH 1/2] rtc-ds1511: Fix races around device registration

From: Alessandro Zummo
Date: Mon Oct 12 2009 - 12:49:15 EST


On Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:37:40 +0900
Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> * Call dev_set_drvdata before rtc device creation
> * Use its own spinlock instead of rtc->irq_lock

why?

> * Check pdata->rtc before calling rtc_update_irq
> * Use {alarm,update}_irq_enable and remove ioctl routine
> * Use devres APIs and simplify error/remove path

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Best regards,

Alessandro Zummo,
Tower Technologies - Torino, Italy

http://www.towertech.it

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