Changing available_protocols to atomic64_t allows to get rid of the mutex protecting access to the variable. This helps to simplify the code. Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/media/rc/rc-ir-raw.c | 17 ++++------------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/rc-ir-raw.c b/drivers/media/rc/rc-ir-raw.c index 205ecc6..1c42a9f 100644 --- a/drivers/media/rc/rc-ir-raw.c +++ b/drivers/media/rc/rc-ir-raw.c @@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ static LIST_HEAD(ir_raw_client_list); /* Used to handle IR raw handler extensions */ static DEFINE_MUTEX(ir_raw_handler_lock); static LIST_HEAD(ir_raw_handler_list); -static DEFINE_MUTEX(available_protocols_lock); -static u64 available_protocols; +static atomic64_t available_protocols = ATOMIC64_INIT(0); static int ir_raw_event_thread(void *data) { @@ -234,11 +233,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ir_raw_event_handle); u64 ir_raw_get_allowed_protocols(void) { - u64 protocols; - mutex_lock(&available_protocols_lock); - protocols = available_protocols; - mutex_unlock(&available_protocols_lock); - return protocols; + return atomic64_read(&available_protocols); } static int change_protocol(struct rc_dev *dev, u64 *rc_type) @@ -331,9 +326,7 @@ int ir_raw_handler_register(struct ir_raw_handler *ir_raw_handler) if (ir_raw_handler->raw_register) list_for_each_entry(raw, &ir_raw_client_list, list) ir_raw_handler->raw_register(raw->dev); - mutex_lock(&available_protocols_lock); - available_protocols |= ir_raw_handler->protocols; - mutex_unlock(&available_protocols_lock); + atomic64_or(ir_raw_handler->protocols, &available_protocols); mutex_unlock(&ir_raw_handler_lock); return 0; @@ -352,9 +345,7 @@ void ir_raw_handler_unregister(struct ir_raw_handler *ir_raw_handler) if (ir_raw_handler->raw_unregister) ir_raw_handler->raw_unregister(raw->dev); } - mutex_lock(&available_protocols_lock); - available_protocols &= ~protocols; - mutex_unlock(&available_protocols_lock); + atomic64_andnot(protocols, &available_protocols); mutex_unlock(&ir_raw_handler_lock); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(ir_raw_handler_unregister); -- 2.9.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html