Re: [PATCH v3 net-next v3 08/14] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: rename smi_mutex to reg_lock

From	Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH v3 net-next v3 08/14] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: rename smi_mutex to reg_lock
Date	2016-06-18 22:30 +0200
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On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 08:07:30PM -0400, Vivien Didelot wrote:
> The chip smi_mutex mutex is used to protect the access to the internal
> switch registers, not only the Multi-chip Addressing Mode, as commented.
> 
> Other registers access (like management frames) may use this mutex.
> 
> Since we will isolate SMI-specific pieces of code, avoid the confusion
> now by renaming smi_mutex to reg_lock. No functional changes here.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@savoirfairelinux.com>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>

    Andrew

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[PATCH v3 net-next v3 08/14] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: rename smi_mutex to reg_lock Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@savoirfairelinux.com> - 2016-06-18 02:20 +0200
  Re: [PATCH v3 net-next v3 08/14] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: rename  smi_mutex to reg_lock Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch> - 2016-06-18 22:30 +0200

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