Re: [PATCH v2] staging: pi433: add comment to rx_lock mutex definition

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On Thu, Dec 30, 2021 at 11:56:33AM +0100, Greg KH wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 23, 2021 at 10:56:15AM +1300, Paulo Miguel Almeida wrote:
> > +	/*
> > +	 * rx_lock is used to avoid race-conditions that can be triggered from userspace.
> > +	 *
> > +	 * For instance, if a program in userspace is reading the char device
> > +	 * allocated in this module then another program won't be able to change RX
> > +	 * configuration of the RF69 hardware module via ioctl and vice versa.
> > +	 *
> > +	 * utilization summary:
> > +	 *  - pi433_read: blocks are read until rx read something (up to the buffer size)
> > +	 *  - pi433_ioctl: during pending read request, change of config not allowed
> > +	 */
> 
> This is nice, but way too specific, and will quickly get out-of-date.
> 
> How about something simple like:
> 	/* Protects all rx_* variable accesses */
> 
I see your point. I will send a new version of this patch with your
sugestion. Thanks for guidance.

thanks,

Paulo A.




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