[PATCH 1/3] Make all it87 drivers SMP safe.

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01 - Adds relevant lock files.

Signed-off-by: Nat Gurumoorthy <natg@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
index 31649b7..562f345 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
@@ -2,6 +2,18 @@
 # Watchdog device configuration
 #
 
+# This has to come before the WATCHDOG menuconfig
+# because it can be selected by drivers/hwmon/it87.c
+config IT87_LOCK
+	bool
+	default n
+	---help---
+	  This defines the global lock needed by all IT87 drivers that
+	  touch the Super I/0 chipset used on many motherboards. This
+	  is needed to serialize access to the registers in SMP
+	  systems. All it87 drivers will select this Kconfig option to compile
+	  the lock into the kernel.
+
 menuconfig WATCHDOG
 	bool "Watchdog Timer Support"
 	---help---
@@ -565,6 +577,7 @@ config ITCO_VENDOR_SUPPORT
 config IT8712F_WDT
 	tristate "IT8712F (Smart Guardian) Watchdog Timer"
 	depends on X86
+	select IT87_LOCK
 	---help---
 	  This is the driver for the built-in watchdog timer on the IT8712F
 	  Super I/0 chipset used on many motherboards.
@@ -578,6 +591,7 @@ config IT8712F_WDT
 config IT87_WDT
 	tristate "IT87 Watchdog Timer"
 	depends on X86 && EXPERIMENTAL
+	select IT87_LOCK
 	---help---
 	  This is the driver for the hardware watchdog on the ITE IT8702,
 	  IT8712, IT8716, IT8718, IT8720, IT8726, IT8712 Super I/O chips.
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/Makefile b/drivers/watchdog/Makefile
index 20e44c4..6895445 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/Makefile
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_ITCO_WDT) += iTCO_wdt.o
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_ITCO_VENDOR_SUPPORT),y)
 obj-$(CONFIG_ITCO_WDT) += iTCO_vendor_support.o
 endif
+obj-$(CONFIG_IT87_LOCK) += it87_lock.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_IT8712F_WDT) += it8712f_wdt.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_IT87_WDT) += it87_wdt.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_HP_WATCHDOG) += hpwdt.o
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/it87_lock.c b/drivers/watchdog/it87_lock.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..06c0b49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/it87_lock.c
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ *      IT87xxx super IO chipset access lock
+ *
+ *      Copyright (c) 2011 Nat Gurumoorthy <natg@xxxxxxxxxx>
+ *
+ *      Based on info and code taken from:
+ *
+ *      drivers/char/watchdog/scx200_wdt.c
+ *      drivers/hwmon/it87.c
+ *      IT8712F EC-LPC I/O Preliminary Specification 0.8.2
+ *      IT8712F EC-LPC I/O Preliminary Specification 0.9.3
+ *
+ *      This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ *      modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ *      published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+ *      License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *      The author(s) of this software shall not be held liable for damages
+ *      of any nature resulting due to the use of this software. This
+ *      software is provided AS-IS with no warranties.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
+
+DEFINE_SPINLOCK(it87_io_lock);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(it87_io_lock);
diff --git a/include/linux/it87_lock.h b/include/linux/it87_lock.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ae91ce5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/it87_lock.h
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ *      IT87xxx super IO chipset access lock
+ *
+ *      Copyright (c) 2011 Nat Gurumoorthy <natg@xxxxxxxxxx>
+ *
+ *      Based on info and code taken from:
+ *
+ *      drivers/char/watchdog/scx200_wdt.c
+ *      drivers/hwmon/it87.c
+ *      IT8712F EC-LPC I/O Preliminary Specification 0.8.2
+ *      IT8712F EC-LPC I/O Preliminary Specification 0.9.3
+ *
+ *      This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ *      modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ *      published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+ *      License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *      The author(s) of this software shall not be held liable for damages
+ *      of any nature resulting due to the use of this software. This
+ *      software is provided AS-IS with no warranties.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
+
+/*
+ * Global lock used by all it87 drivers to serialize access to hardware.
+ */
+extern spinlock_t it87_io_lock;
---

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