Re: [PATCH 2/3] soc: samsung: Add a driver for Samsung SPEEDY host controller

From: Markus Elfring
Date: Sat Dec 14 2024 - 09:44:44 EST



> SPEEDY is a proprietary 1 wire serial bus used by Samsung
> in various devices …

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> +++ b/drivers/soc/samsung/exynos-speedy.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,457 @@

> +static int _speedy_read(struct speedy_controller *speedy, u32 reg, u32 addr, u32 *val)
> +{
> + int ret;
> + u32 cmd, int_ctl, int_status;
> +
> + mutex_lock(&speedy->io_lock);

> + ret = speedy_int_clear(speedy);
> +
> + mutex_unlock(&speedy->io_lock);
> +
> + return ret;
> +}


Under which circumstances would you become interested to apply a statement
like “guard(mutex)(&speedy->io_lock);”?
https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.13-rc2/source/include/linux/mutex.h#L201

Regards,
Markus