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Re: [PATCH] iio: Fix documentation for iio_dev mlock

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On 08/02/16 15:03, Daniel Baluta wrote:
> mlock *must* be used by core and drivers to protect access
> to devices state changes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Baluta <daniel.baluta@intel.com>
Applied. Thanks for cleaning this up.

Jonathan
> ---
> At a first glance there are few places where access to iio_dev
> state changes are done without mlock protection. Will fix them
> with follow up patches.
> 
>  include/linux/iio/iio.h | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/iio/iio.h b/include/linux/iio/iio.h
> index b589411..ce9e9c1 100644
> --- a/include/linux/iio/iio.h
> +++ b/include/linux/iio/iio.h
> @@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ struct iio_buffer_setup_ops {
>   * @buffer:		[DRIVER] any buffer present
>   * @buffer_list:	[INTERN] list of all buffers currently attached
>   * @scan_bytes:		[INTERN] num bytes captured to be fed to buffer demux
> - * @mlock:		[INTERN] lock used to prevent simultaneous device state
> + * @mlock:		[DRIVER] lock used to prevent simultaneous device state
>   *			changes
>   * @available_scan_masks: [DRIVER] optional array of allowed bitmasks
>   * @masklength:		[INTERN] the length of the mask established from
> 

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[PATCH] iio: Fix documentation for iio_dev mlock Daniel Baluta <daniel.baluta@intel.com> - 2016-02-08 16:10 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] iio: Fix documentation for iio_dev mlock Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org> - 2016-02-08 19:40 +0100

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