Re: [PATCH v7 16/24] i2c: allow adapter drivers to override the adapter locking

[Peter Rosin]

On 2016-04-28 22:50, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 05:17:56PM +0200, Peter Rosin wrote:
>> Add i2c_lock_bus() and i2c_unlock_bus(), which call the new lock_bus and
>> unlock_bus ops in the adapter. These funcs/ops take an additional flags
>> argument that indicates for what purpose the adapter is locked.
>>
>> There are two flags, I2C_LOCK_ADAPTER and I2C_LOCK_SEGMENT, but they are
>> both implemented the same. For now. Locking the adapter means that the
>> whole bus is locked, locking the segment means that only the current bus
>> segment is locked (i.e. i2c traffic on the parent side of mux is still
>> allowed even if the child side of the mux is locked.
>>
>> Also support a trylock_bus op (but no function to call it, as it is not
>> expected to be needed outside of the i2c core).
>>
>> Implement i2c_lock_adapter/i2c_unlock_adapter in terms of the new locking
>> scheme (i.e. lock with the I2C_LOCK_ADAPTER flag).
>>
>> Annotate some of the locking with explicit I2C_LOCK_SEGMENT flags.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Peter Rosin <peda@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Letting you know that I start reviewing the 2nd part of your series. Did
> the first glimpse today. Will hopefully do the in-depth part this
> weekend. One thing already:
>
>> +static void i2c_adapter_lock_bus(struct i2c_adapter *adapter, int flags)
> Shouldn't flags be unsigned?
>

Yes, obviously... I'll make that change locally and wait for the rest.

Cheers,
Peter