Hello, Keerthi Reddy, on jeu. 28 sept. 2017 20:06:02 +0530, wrote: > Its good practice to comment the usage of spinlock variable. Yes, but > @@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ static u_long last_spk_jiffy; > > struct st_spk_t *speakup_console[MAX_NR_CONSOLES]; > > -DEFINE_MUTEX(spk_mutex); > +DEFINE_MUTEX(spk_mutex); /* Spinlock for synth_release() */ This is far from properly describing its role :) See the use in all other files, this mutex is meant to lock the whole speakup screen reader. Samuel _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup