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| From | Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | Re: [PATCH] serdev: Restore serdev_device_write_buf for atomic context |
| Date | 2017-05-02 11:10 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <tCBYJ-4BJ-3@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <tBczo-6JZ-21@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 01:47:21PM +0200, Stefan Wahren wrote:
> Starting with commit 6fe729c4bdae ("serdev: Add serdev_device_write
> subroutine") the function serdev_device_write_buf cannot be used in
> atomic context anymore (mutex_lock is sleeping). So restore the old
> behavior.
Yeah, preventing use in atomic context seems unnecessary, although any
clients writing must now deal with serialisation themselves (as before,
and as they should).
Calling wait_for_completion in the non-blocking case was also needlessly
inefficient.
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@i2se.com>
> Fixes: 6fe729c4bdae ("serdev: Add serdev_device_write subroutine")
Reviewed-by: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
Thanks,
Johan
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[PATCH] serdev: Restore serdev_device_write_buf for atomic context Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@i2se.com> - 2017-04-28 13:50 +0200
Re: [PATCH] serdev: Restore serdev_device_write_buf for atomic context Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org> - 2017-05-02 11:10 +0200
Re: [PATCH] serdev: Restore serdev_device_write_buf for atomic context Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> - 2017-05-02 14:50 +0200
Re: [PATCH] serdev: Restore serdev_device_write_buf for atomic context Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org> - 2017-05-02 15:20 +0200
Re: [PATCH] serdev: Restore serdev_device_write_buf for atomic context Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@i2se.com> - 2017-05-04 18:30 +0200
Re: [PATCH] serdev: Restore serdev_device_write_buf for atomic context Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> - 2017-05-04 22:40 +0200
Re: [PATCH] serdev: Restore serdev_device_write_buf for atomic context Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org> - 2017-05-08 17:20 +0200
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