In the driver adis16201 read raw does not require an iio_dev->mlock for reads. It can run concurrently as adis_read_reg_16() is protected by a transaction lock. Signed-off-by: Aishwarya Pant <aishpant@xxxxxxxxx> --- Changes in v3: -- Fix change log format -- Send patch to linuc-iio Changes in v2: -- Remove read lock drivers/staging/iio/accel/adis16201.c | 6 +----- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/accel/adis16201.c b/drivers/staging/iio/accel/adis16201.c index d6c8658..fd2baf2 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/iio/accel/adis16201.c +++ b/drivers/staging/iio/accel/adis16201.c @@ -223,17 +223,13 @@ static int adis16201_read_raw(struct iio_dev *indio_dev, default: return -EINVAL; } - mutex_lock(&indio_dev->mlock); addr = adis16201_addresses[chan->scan_index]; ret = adis_read_reg_16(st, addr, &val16); - if (ret) { - mutex_unlock(&indio_dev->mlock); + if (ret) return ret; - } val16 &= (1 << bits) - 1; val16 = (s16)(val16 << (16 - bits)) >> (16 - bits); *val = val16; - mutex_unlock(&indio_dev->mlock); return IIO_VAL_INT; } return -EINVAL; -- 2.7.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-iio" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html