On Sat, 1 Apr 2017, Greg KH wrote: > On Sat, Apr 01, 2017 at 01:02:21PM +0200, Zoltan Boszormenyi wrote: > > From: B�rm�i Zolt�<zboszor@xxxxx> > > > > This patch adds: > > * a mutex in the USB PCI quirks code for synchronizing access to > > the I/O ports on SB800 > > * a new header that contains symbols for the index and data I/O ports > > and wrappers for locking and unlocking the mutex. > > * locking around the I/O port access for SB800 > > > > Signed-off-by: Zoltan Boszormenyi <zboszor@xxxxx> > > --- > > diff --git a/include/linux/sb800.h b/include/linux/sb800.h > > new file mode 100644 > > index 0000000..5650b7d > > --- /dev/null > > +++ b/include/linux/sb800.h > > @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ > > + > > +#ifndef SB800_H > > +#define SB800_H > > + > > +#include <linux/mutex.h> > > + > > +#define SB800_PIIX4_SMB_IDX 0xcd6 > > +#define SB800_PIIX4_SMB_DATA 0xcd7 > > + > > +extern struct mutex sb800_mutex; > > + > > +#define enter_sb800() mutex_lock(&sb800_mutex) > > +#define leave_sb800() mutex_unlock(&sb800_mutex) Is include/linux/ the best place for this new header file? Aren't there other locations more suitable for something that's board-specific? Alan Stern > Don't hide the mutex, just spell it out in the code itself. No need for > these defines at all. > > thanks, > > greg k-h -- 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