Re: [PATCH] iio: Fix documentation for iio_dev mlock

From: Jonathan Cameron
Date: Mon Feb 08 2016 - 13:34:56 EST


On 08/02/16 15:03, Daniel Baluta wrote:
> mlock *must* be used by core and drivers to protect access
> to devices state changes.
>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Baluta <daniel.baluta@xxxxxxxxx>
Applied. Thanks for cleaning this up.

Jonathan
> ---
> At a first glance there are few places where access to iio_dev
> state changes are done without mlock protection. Will fix them
> with follow up patches.
>
> include/linux/iio/iio.h | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/iio/iio.h b/include/linux/iio/iio.h
> index b589411..ce9e9c1 100644
> --- a/include/linux/iio/iio.h
> +++ b/include/linux/iio/iio.h
> @@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ struct iio_buffer_setup_ops {
> * @buffer: [DRIVER] any buffer present
> * @buffer_list: [INTERN] list of all buffers currently attached
> * @scan_bytes: [INTERN] num bytes captured to be fed to buffer demux
> - * @mlock: [INTERN] lock used to prevent simultaneous device state
> + * @mlock: [DRIVER] lock used to prevent simultaneous device state
> * changes
> * @available_scan_masks: [DRIVER] optional array of allowed bitmasks
> * @masklength: [INTERN] the length of the mask established from
>