Hi Rodolfo, On Thu, 5 Feb 2009 14:36:09 +0100, Rodolfo Giometti wrote: > By using rwsem we can easily manage recursive calls of > i2c_scan_static_board_info() function without breaking the locking. > > Signed-off-by: Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@xxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/i2c/i2c-boardinfo.c | 6 +++--- > drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c | 4 ++-- > drivers/i2c/i2c-core.h | 2 +- > 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-boardinfo.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-boardinfo.c > index ffb35f0..981cdd8 100644 > --- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-boardinfo.c > +++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-boardinfo.c > @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ > /* These symbols are exported ONLY FOR the i2c core. > * No other users will be supported. > */ > -DEFINE_MUTEX(__i2c_board_lock); > +DECLARE_RWSEM(__i2c_board_lock); > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__i2c_board_lock); > > LIST_HEAD(__i2c_board_list); > @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ i2c_register_board_info(int busnum, > { > int status; > > - mutex_lock(&__i2c_board_lock); > + down_write(&__i2c_board_lock); > > /* dynamic bus numbers will be assigned after the last static one */ > if (busnum >= __i2c_first_dynamic_bus_num) > @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ i2c_register_board_info(int busnum, > list_add_tail(&devinfo->list, &__i2c_board_list); > } > > - mutex_unlock(&__i2c_board_lock); > + up_write(&__i2c_board_lock); > > return status; > } > diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c > index 3454878..74b89a9 100644 > --- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c > +++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c > @@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ static void i2c_scan_static_board_info(struct i2c_adapter *adapter) > { > struct i2c_devinfo *devinfo; > > - mutex_lock(&__i2c_board_lock); > + down_read(&__i2c_board_lock); > list_for_each_entry(devinfo, &__i2c_board_list, list) { > if (devinfo->busnum == adapter->nr > && !i2c_new_device(adapter, > @@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ static void i2c_scan_static_board_info(struct i2c_adapter *adapter) > i2c_adapter_id(adapter), > devinfo->board_info.addr); > } > - mutex_unlock(&__i2c_board_lock); > + up_read(&__i2c_board_lock); > } > > static int i2c_do_add_adapter(struct device_driver *d, void *data) > diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.h b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.h > index cd5bff8..e6af064 100644 > --- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.h > +++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.h > @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ struct i2c_devinfo { > /* board_lock protects board_list and first_dynamic_bus_num. > * only i2c core components are allowed to use these symbols. > */ > -extern struct mutex __i2c_board_lock; > +extern struct rw_semaphore __i2c_board_lock; > extern struct list_head __i2c_board_list; > extern int __i2c_first_dynamic_bus_num; > Patch applied, thank you. I've add missing includes of <linux/rwsem.h> in all 3 files. -- Jean Delvare -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-i2c" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html