RFC locking and rate limit updates for i2c?

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Hi Grant,

> Thinking about the fan_div setting, it is a read/modify/write
> (RMW) operation to a chip register, should we take action to
> prevent another process accessing the chip on i2c during this
> RMW action?

Can you (or anyone) point out a concrete example where the lack of
locking on write could cause a problem that locking would actually
resolve? It's better to know what we are trying to fix before we change
anything.

Thanks,
--
Jean Delvare



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