Re: [PATCH 05/10] media: platform: mediatek: add isp_7x camsys unit

From: Markus Elfring
Date: Mon Nov 04 2024 - 08:07:43 EST



> +++ b/drivers/media/platform/mediatek/isp/isp_7x/camsys/mtk_cam.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,4168 @@

> +void mtk_cam_dev_req_try_queue(struct mtk_cam_device *cam)
> +{

> + spin_lock(&cam->running_job_lock);
> + job_count = cam->running_job_count;
> + spin_unlock(&cam->running_job_lock);


Under which circumstances would you become interested to apply a statement
like “guard(spinlock)(&cam->running_job_lock);”?
https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.12-rc6/source/include/linux/spinlock.h#L559

Regards,
Markus