Re: [RFC][PATCH] mfd: mc13xxx-core: put mutex lock down tomc13xxx_reg_rmw function

From: Axel Lin
Date: Thu May 05 2011 - 11:27:26 EST


> I havn't looked deeply, but I guess this can have unwanted side effects
> here. Before you had:
>
>        lock()
>        do(something)
>        do(something, else, that, needs, rmw)
>        unlock()
>
> and you introduced an unlock()/lock() between these two do()s.
>
Indeed, you are right. I cannot change it this way.

> I'm not convinced this change is good, though I agree that
>
>        lock()
>        rmw(...)
>        unlock()
>
> looks ugly, but imho this can better be fixed by adding a wrapper for
> that sequence if you really want.
>
> Best regards
> Uwe
>
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