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Re: [PATCH V4 10/18] coresight: tmc: getting rid of multiple read access

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On 26/04/16 23:10, Mathieu Poirier wrote:
> Allowing multiple readers to access the trace data simultaniously
> via sysFS provides no shortage of opportunity for race condition,
> mandates two variable to be maintained (drvdata::read_count and
> drvdata::reading), makes the code complex and provide little
> advantages, if any.
>
> This patch streamlines the read process by restricting trace data
> access to a single user.  That way drvdata::read_count can
> be eliminated and race conditions (along with faulty error handling)
> in function tmc_open() and tmc_release() eliminated.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org>

Nice!

Reviewed-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>

Suzuki

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[PATCH V4 00/18] coresight: tmc: make driver usable by Perf Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org> - 2016-04-27 00:20 +0200
  [PATCH V4 09/18] coresight: tmc: allocating memory when needed Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org> - 2016-04-27 00:20 +0200
  [PATCH V4 14/18] coresight: tmc: keep track of memory width Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org> - 2016-04-27 00:20 +0200
  [PATCH V4 15/18] coresight: moving struct cs_buffers to header file Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org> - 2016-04-27 00:20 +0200
  [PATCH V4 04/18] coresight: tmc: clearly define number of transfers per burst Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org> - 2016-04-27 00:20 +0200
  [PATCH V4 16/18] coresight: tmc: implementing TMC-ETF AUX space API Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org> - 2016-04-27 00:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH V4 16/18] coresight: tmc: implementing TMC-ETF AUX space  API Suzuki K Poulose <Suzuki.Poulose@arm.com> - 2016-04-27 13:30 +0200
      Re: [PATCH V4 16/18] coresight: tmc: implementing TMC-ETF AUX space  API Suzuki K Poulose <Suzuki.Poulose@arm.com> - 2016-04-27 19:30 +0200
      Re: [PATCH V4 16/18] coresight: tmc: implementing TMC-ETF AUX space API Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org> - 2016-04-27 19:30 +0200
  [PATCH V4 11/18] coresight: tmc: adding mode of operation for link/sinks Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org> - 2016-04-27 00:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH V4 11/18] coresight: tmc: adding mode of operation for  link/sinks Suzuki K Poulose <Suzuki.Poulose@arm.com> - 2016-04-27 11:10 +0200
  [PATCH V4 02/18] coresight: tmc: waiting for TMCReady bit before programming Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org> - 2016-04-27 00:20 +0200
  [PATCH V4 10/18] coresight: tmc: getting rid of multiple read access Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org> - 2016-04-27 00:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH V4 10/18] coresight: tmc: getting rid of multiple read  access Suzuki K Poulose <Suzuki.Poulose@arm.com> - 2016-04-27 11:00 +0200
  [PATCH V4 05/18] coresight: tmc: introducing new header file Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org> - 2016-04-27 00:20 +0200
  [PATCH V4 08/18] coresight: tmc: making prepare/unprepare functions generic Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org> - 2016-04-27 00:20 +0200
  [PATCH V4 18/18] coresight: configuring ETF in FIFO mode when acting as link Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org> - 2016-04-27 00:20 +0200
  [PATCH V4 06/18] coresight: tmc: cleaning up header file Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org> - 2016-04-27 00:20 +0200

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