Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] drivers/base: add managed token devres interfaces

[Shuah Khan]

On 04/17/2014 02:10 PM, Tejun Heo wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 02:01:32PM -0600, Shuah Khan wrote:
> > Operating on the lock should be atomic, which is what devres_update()
> > is doing. It can be simplified as follows by holding devres_lock
> > in devm_token_lock().
> >
> > spin_lock_irqsave(&dev->devres_lock, flags);
> > if (tkn_ptr->status == TOKEN_DEVRES_FREE)
> > 	tkn_ptr->status = TOKEN_DEVRES_BUSY;
> > spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->devres_lock, flags);
> >
> > Is this in-line with what you have in mind?
>
> How is that different from tkn_ptr->status = TOKEN_DEVRES_BUSY?

I see what you are saying. The code path doesn't ensure two threads
not getting the lock. I have a bug in here that my rc settings aren't
protected. You probably noticed that the RFC tag on the patch and this
isn't fully cooked yet.

I started working on driver changes that use this token and I might have
to add owner for the token as well. I hope to work these details out and
send a real patch.

thanks,
-- Shuah

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Shuah Khan
Senior Linux Kernel Developer - Open Source Group
Samsung Research America(Silicon Valley)
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