Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] staging: iio: ade7753: Replace mlock with driver private lock

From: Jonathan Cameron
Date: Thu Mar 23 2017 - 14:17:09 EST




On 23 March 2017 18:12:33 GMT+00:00, SIMRAN SINGHAL <singhalsimran0@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 1:55 AM, Jonathan Cameron <jic23@xxxxxxxxxx>
>wrote:
>> On 21/03/17 18:03, 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.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: simran singhal <singhalsimran0@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Mutex is not initialized...
>
>Mutex is already initialized in ade7753_probe().
Given you introduce a new mutex it seems unlikely that one is. You have to initialise each mutex.
>
>>> ---
>>> drivers/staging/iio/meter/ade7753.c | 6 ++++--
>>> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/meter/ade7753.c
>b/drivers/staging/iio/meter/ade7753.c
>>> index b71fbd3..9674e05 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/staging/iio/meter/ade7753.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/staging/iio/meter/ade7753.c
>>> @@ -80,11 +80,13 @@
>>> * @us: actual spi_device
>>> * @tx: transmit buffer
>>> * @rx: receive buffer
>>> + * @lock: protect sensor state
>>> * @buf_lock: mutex to protect tx and rx
>>> **/
>>> struct ade7753_state {
>>> 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];
>>> };
>>> @@ -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;
>>> }
>>>
>>

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