Re: [PATCH v1 1/6] eeprom: Add a simple EEPROM framework for eeprom providers
From: Mark Brown
Date: Sat Mar 07 2015 - 10:01:27 EST
On Thu, Mar 05, 2015 at 09:45:41AM +0000, Srinivas Kandagatla wrote:
> +
> + return eeprom;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(eeprom_register);
This framework uses regmap but regmap is EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() and this is
using EXPORT_SYMBOL().
> +int eeprom_unregister(struct eeprom_device *eeprom)
> +{
> + mutex_lock(&eeprom_mutex);
> + if (atomic_read(&eeprom->users)) {
> + mutex_unlock(&eeprom_mutex);
Atomic reads and a mutex - isn't the mutex enough? Atomics are
generally a recipie for bugs due to the complexity in using them.
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