Re: [PATCH RFC 0/6] scsi: ufs: Start to make driver synchronization easier to understand

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On 04/10/2021 15:42, Avri Altman wrote:
>  
>> Driver synchronization would be easier to understand if we used the
>> clk_scaling_lock as the only lock to provide either shared (down/up_read)
>> or exclusive (down/up_write) access to the host.
>>
>> These patches make changes with that in mind, finally resulting in being
>> able to hold the down_write() lock for the entire error handler duration.
>>
>> If this approach is acceptable, it could be extended to simplify the
>> the synchronization of PM vs error handler and Shutdown vs sysfs.
> Given that UFSHCD_CAP_CLK_SCALING is only set for ufs-qcom:
> If extending its use, wouldn't that become a source of contention for them?

It is a good question. The error handler already seems to stop clock scaling.
PM / Shutdown seem to suspend / resume clock scaling. So it doesn't *look*
like it should make much difference.



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