Re: [PATCH v2] staging: pi433: add comment to rx_lock mutex definition

From: Paulo Miguel Almeida
Date: Thu Dec 30 2021 - 09:56:29 EST


On Thu, Dec 30, 2021 at 11:56:33AM +0100, Greg KH wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 23, 2021 at 10:56:15AM +1300, Paulo Miguel Almeida wrote:
> > + /*
> > + * rx_lock is used to avoid race-conditions that can be triggered from userspace.
> > + *
> > + * For instance, if a program in userspace is reading the char device
> > + * allocated in this module then another program won't be able to change RX
> > + * configuration of the RF69 hardware module via ioctl and vice versa.
> > + *
> > + * utilization summary:
> > + * - pi433_read: blocks are read until rx read something (up to the buffer size)
> > + * - pi433_ioctl: during pending read request, change of config not allowed
> > + */
>
> This is nice, but way too specific, and will quickly get out-of-date.
>
> How about something simple like:
> /* Protects all rx_* variable accesses */
>
I see your point. I will send a new version of this patch with your
sugestion. Thanks for guidance.

thanks,

Paulo A.