Re: [Outreachy kernel] [PATCH] staging: iio: ade7753: replace mlock with driver private lock

[Alison Schofield]

On Sun, Mar 12, 2017 at 07:02:50PM +0530, simran singhal wrote:
> The IIO subsystem is redefining iio_dev->mlock to be used by
> the IIO core only for protecting device operating mode changes.
> ie. Changes between INDIO_DIRECT_MODE, INDIO_BUFFER_* modes.
> 
> In this driver, mlock was being used to protect hardware state
> changes.  Replace it with a lock in the devices global data.
> 
> Fix some coding style issues related to white space also.
> 
> Signed-off-by: simran singhal <singhalsimran0@xxxxxxxxx>

Hi Simran, This looks good to me.  Let's see what the
reviewers say.  I think the white space stuff is ok,
since it was right where you were editing. 
alisons

> ---
>  drivers/staging/iio/meter/ade7753.c | 14 ++++++++------
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/meter/ade7753.c b/drivers/staging/iio/meter/ade7753.c
> index dfd8b71..ca99d82 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/iio/meter/ade7753.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/iio/meter/ade7753.c
> @@ -81,12 +81,14 @@
>   * @tx:         transmit buffer
>   * @rx:         receive buffer
>   * @buf_lock:       mutex to protect tx and rx
> + * @lock:	protect sensor state
>   **/
>  struct ade7753_state {
> -	    struct spi_device   *us;
> -		    struct mutex        buf_lock;
> -			    u8          tx[ADE7753_MAX_TX] ____cacheline_aligned;
> -				    u8          rx[ADE7753_MAX_RX];
> +	struct spi_device   *us;
> +	struct mutex        buf_lock;
> +	struct mutex        lock;	/* protect sensor state */
> +	u8          tx[ADE7753_MAX_TX] ____cacheline_aligned;
> +	u8          rx[ADE7753_MAX_RX];
>  };
>  
>  static int ade7753_spi_write_reg_8(struct device *dev,
> @@ -484,7 +486,7 @@ static ssize_t ade7753_write_frequency(struct device *dev,
>  	if (!val)
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  
> -	mutex_lock(&indio_dev->mlock);
> +	mutex_lock(&st->lock);
>  
>  	t = 27900 / val;
>  	if (t > 0)
> @@ -505,7 +507,7 @@ static ssize_t ade7753_write_frequency(struct device *dev,
>  	ret = ade7753_spi_write_reg_16(dev, ADE7753_MODE, reg);
>  
>  out:
> -	mutex_unlock(&indio_dev->mlock);
> +	mutex_unlock(&st->lock);
>  
>  	return ret ? ret : len;
>  }
> -- 
> 2.7.4
> 
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