On Monday 26 of December 2011 at 12:02:01, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 24, 2011 at 12:12:22AM +0100, Janusz Krzysztofik wrote:
>
> > + case SND_SOC_BIAS_ON:
> > + case SND_SOC_BIAS_PREPARE:
> > + if (IS_ERR(cx20442->por.regulator)) {
> > + err = PTR_ERR(cx20442->por.regulator);
> > + } else if (!cx20442->por.enabled) {
> > + err = regulator_enable(cx20442->por.regulator);
> > + if (!err)
> > + cx20442->por.enabled = true;
> > + }
> > + break;
> > + case SND_SOC_BIAS_STANDBY:
> > + case SND_SOC_BIAS_OFF:
> > + if (IS_ERR(cx20442->por.regulator)) {
> > + err = PTR_ERR(cx20442->por.regulator);
> > + } else if (cx20442->por.enabled) {
> > + err = regulator_disable(cx20442->por.regulator);
> > + if (!err)
> > + cx20442->por.enabled = false;
> > + }
> > + }
> > + mutex_unlock(&cx20442->por.lock);
>
> You can avoid the mutex and simplify the code by relying on the fact
> that the only possible transitions are:
>
> OFF <-> STANDBY <-> PREPARE <-> ON
>
> which would look a lot more natural - you shouldn't need to remember if
> the regulator is enabled, you should just turn it on in the STANDBY to
> PREPARE transition and turn it off in the ON to PREPARE or PREPARE to
> STANDBY transitions.
Can I assume STANDBY or OFF at the time the codec .remove method is
called? If not, is there a helper function available which can be called
in order to perform all those ON -> PREPARE -> STANDBY [-> OFF] transitions before calling regulator_put()?
Thanks,
Janusz
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