Re: [PATCH 17/17] staging: speakup: remove custom locking macro definitions

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On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 11:17:30AM -0500, William Hubbs wrote:
> On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 10:50:25AM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 12:03:09AM -0500, William Hubbs wrote:
> > > Signed-off-by: William Hubbs <w.d.hubbs@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/staging/speakup/spk_priv.h | 12 ------------
> > >  1 file changed, 12 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/speakup/spk_priv.h b/drivers/staging/speakup/spk_priv.h
> > > index 141125c..637ba67 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/staging/speakup/spk_priv.h
> > > +++ b/drivers/staging/speakup/spk_priv.h
> > > @@ -77,16 +77,4 @@ extern struct speakup_info_t speakup_info;
> > >  
> > >  extern struct var_t synth_time_vars[];
> > >  
> > > -/* Protect the whole speakup machinery, must be taken at each kernel->speakup
> > > - * transition and released at all corresponding speakup->kernel transitions
> > > - * (flags must be the same variable between lock/trylock and unlock).
> > > - *
> > > - * The progression thread only interferes with the speakup machinery through
> > > - * the synth buffer, and so only needs to take the lock while tinkering with
> > > - * it.
> > > - */
> > > -/* Speakup needs to disable the keyboard IRQ, hence _irqsave/restore */
> > 
> > These comments are nice.  The should go next to the speakup_info
> > definition in drivers/staging/speakup/synth.c.
> 
> What about in drivers/staging/speakup/spk_types.h since that is where
> struct speakup_info_t is defined?
> 

My thinking was that it was documenting the speakup_info object
itself not the type.

"(flags must be the same variable between lock/trylock and unlock)."

That bit is obvious and could be dropped.

regards,
dan carpenter

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