Re: [RFCv1 PATCH 0/2] Two vpif fixes protecting the dma_queue by a lock

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Hi Hans,

Thanks for the patches.

On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 9:33 PM, Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Prabhakar,
>
> These two patches add protection to the dma_queue. We discovered that not
> locking caused race conditions, which caused the display DMA to jam. After
> adding the lock we never saw this again.
>
> It makes sense as well since the interrupt routine and normal code both
> manipulated the same list.
>
> It's fixed for both capture and display.
>
Acked-by: Prabhakar Lad <prabhakar.lad@xxxxxx>

I'll queue these patches for 3.8.

Regards,
--Prabhakar Lad

> Regards,
>
>         Hans
>
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