Re: GPIOLIB locking is broken and how to fix it

[Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@xxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Nov 24, 2023 at 6:28 PM Andy Shevchenko
<andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On Fri, Nov 24, 2023 at 05:00:36PM +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> > Hi!
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> > I'd like to hear your ideas as this change is vital before we start
> > protecting gdev->chip with SRCU in all API calls.
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> Brief side note: If we can really fix something (partially) right now,
> do it, otherwise technical debt kills us.
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> (Most likely I refer to the list of the GPIO devices.)

I will do it but I wanted to already start the discussion on the wider picture.

Bart

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> With Best Regards,
> Andy Shevchenko
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