Re: [PATCH 1/1] staging: usbip: remove an unnecessary lock inusbip_event_happened. The variable "happened" is local. So I think there isno need to lock here.

From: harvey yang
Date: Mon Nov 05 2012 - 01:34:33 EST


I think no need to make 'happened' static as we just check 'ud->event'
feild. Maybe making this function inline would make more sense.

inline int usbip_event_happened(struct usbip_device *ud)
{
return ud->event ? 1 : 0;
}

Thanks
Harvey


On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 1:34 PM, Prashant Shah <kerneldev100@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>> int happened = 0;
>>
>> - spin_lock(&ud->lock);
>> if (ud->event != 0)
>> happened = 1;
>> - spin_unlock(&ud->lock);
>>
>> return happened;
>
> I am guessing locking was intended to protect ud->event along with
> happened so that (checking the value of ud->event and setting value of
> happened) was atomic.
>
> return ud->event != 0 ? 1 : 0;
>
> Regards.
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