Re: [PATCH v6 1/2] cpufreq: split the cpufreq_driver_lock and use the rcu

From: Viresh Kumar
Date: Tue Apr 02 2013 - 10:59:19 EST


On 2 April 2013 20:25, Nathan Zimmer <nzimmer@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> The lock is unneeded if we expect register and unregister driver to not be
> called from muliple threads at once. I didn't make that assumption.

Hmm.. But doesn't rcu part take care of that too?? Two writers
updating stuff simultaneously?
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