Re: [PATCH v2 2/8] MIPS: pci-rt2880: remove unneeded locks

From: Sergey Ryazanov
Date: Thu Apr 15 2021 - 04:07:38 EST


On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 6:12 AM Ilya Lipnitskiy
<ilya.lipnitskiy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Mirror pci-rt3883 fix from commit e5067c718b3a ("MIPS: pci-rt3883:
> Remove odd locking in PCI config space access code"). pci-rt2880 shares
> the driver layout with pci-rt3883 and the same reasons apply.
>
> Caller (generic PCI code) already does proper locking, so no need to add
> another one here. Local PCI read/write functions are never called
> simultaneously, also they do not require synchronization with the PCI
> controller ops, since they are used before the controller registration.
>
> Suggested-by: Sergey Ryazanov <ryazanov.s.a@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Ilya Lipnitskiy <ilya.lipnitskiy@xxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Sergey Ryazanov <ryazanov.s.a@xxxxxxxxx>

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Sergey