Re: [PATCH] leds: Add mutex protection in brightness_show()

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Wed Nov 09 2016 - 07:38:08 EST


Hi!

> Initially the claim about no need for lock in brightness_show()
> was valid as the function was just returning unchanged
> LED brightness. After the addition of led_update_brightness() this

The claim was probably wrong from the day one, unless brightness is of
type "atomic_t".

/* Ensures consistent access to the LED Flash Class device */
struct mutex led_access;
};

This should really list fields that are protected by led_access.

Thanks,
Pavel
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