This patch series fixes inefficiencies and lock contention in the request firmware paths. Changes since v2: - Addressed Andre's review comments. Removed fw_buf->virt null check as it is not needed. Removed handling s5p_mfc_load_firmware() from probe routine. Simply try loading in case it works. Shuah Khan (2): media: s5p-mfc: remove firmware buf null check in s5p_mfc_load_firmware() media: s5p-mfc: fix lock confection - request_firmware() once and keep state drivers/media/platform/s5p-mfc/s5p_mfc.c | 6 ++++++ drivers/media/platform/s5p-mfc/s5p_mfc_common.h | 3 +++ drivers/media/platform/s5p-mfc/s5p_mfc_ctrl.c | 10 +++++----- 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) -- 2.7.4