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Re: [PATCH 1/8] bcma: add locking around GPIO register accesses

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On 11/20/2012 09:10 AM, John Crispin wrote:
> Hi Hauke
> 
>> u32 bcma_chipco_gpio_in(struct bcma_drv_cc *cc, u32 mask)
>>   {
>> -    return bcma_cc_read32(cc, BCMA_CC_GPIOIN)&  mask;
>> +    unsigned long flags;
>> +    u32 res;
>> +
>> +    spin_lock_irqsave(&cc->gpio_lock, flags);
>> +    res = bcma_cc_read32(cc, BCMA_CC_GPIOIN)&  mask;
>> +    spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cc->gpio_lock, flags);
>> +
>> +    return res;
>>   }
>>
> 
> Hi Hauke,
> 
> do you need to lock the read access ?
> 
> if bcma_cc_read32() is a simple memory read wrapper you most likely wont
> need the lock
> 
>     John
Yes you are right, I do not need it here, it is just needed for the
masked write to the other GPIO registers.

Hauke
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