On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 9:56 AM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > diff --git a/drivers/media/common/tuners/xc5000.c b/drivers/media/common/tuners/xc5000.c > index ecd1f95..048f489 100644 > --- a/drivers/media/common/tuners/xc5000.c > +++ b/drivers/media/common/tuners/xc5000.c > @@ -1004,6 +1004,8 @@ static int xc_load_fw_and_init_tuner(struct dvb_frontend *fe) > struct xc5000_priv *priv = fe->tuner_priv; > int ret = 0; > > + mutex_lock(&xc5000_list_mutex); > + > if (xc5000_is_firmware_loaded(fe) != XC_RESULT_SUCCESS) { > ret = xc5000_fwupload(fe); > if (ret != XC_RESULT_SUCCESS) > @@ -1023,6 +1025,8 @@ static int xc_load_fw_and_init_tuner(struct dvb_frontend *fe) > /* Default to "CABLE" mode */ > ret |= xc_write_reg(priv, XREG_SIGNALSOURCE, XC_RF_MODE_CABLE); > > + mutex_unlock(&xc5000_list_mutex); > + > return ret; > } What's up with this change? Is this a bugfix for some race condition? Why is it jammed into a patch for some particular product? It seems like a change such as this could significantly change the timing of tuner initialization if you have multiple xc5000 based products that might have a slow i2c bus. Was that intentional? This patch should be NACK'd and resubmitted as it's own bugfix where it's implications can be fully understood in the context of all the other products that use xc5000. Devin -- Devin J. Heitmueller - Kernel Labs http://www.kernellabs.com -- 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