Re: [PATCH 2/5] gpio: simplify gpiochip_export()

[Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 9:17 AM, Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> For some reason gpiochip_export() would invalidate all the descriptors
> of a chip if exporting it to sysfs failed. This does not appear as
> necessary. Remove that part of the code.
>
> While we are at it, add a note about the non-safety of temporarily
> releasing a spinlock in the middle of the loop that protects its
> iterator, and explain why this is done.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@xxxxxxxxxx>

Patch applied.

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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