Add a comment to fix the checkpatch.pl issue: CHECK: spinlock_t definition without comment Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/mite.h | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/mite.h b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/mite.h index 9ef51e8..bd54dd0 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/mite.h +++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/mite.h @@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ struct mite_struct { short channel_allocated[MAX_MITE_DMA_CHANNELS]; int num_channels; unsigned int fifo_size; + /* protects mite_channel from being released by the driver */ spinlock_t lock; }; -- 2.6.3 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel