From: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk>
To: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>,
Sumit Semwal <sumit.semwal@ti.com>
Cc: linaro-mm-sig@lists.linaro.org, linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: Re: [Linaro-mm-sig] [PATCH 4/4] dma-buf: Move code out of mutex-protected section in dma_buf_attach()
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:11:57 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <e0d58a$3259e0@orsmga002.jf.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1327577245-20354-5-git-send-email-laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
On Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:27:25 +0100, Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com> wrote:
> Some fields can be set without mutex protection. Initialize them before
> locking the mutex.
struct mutex lock is described as
/* mutex to serialize list manipulation and other ops */
maybe now is a good time to be a little more descriptive in what that
mutex is meant to protect and sprinkle enforcement throughout the code
as a means of documentation.
-Chris
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-01-26 12:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-01-26 11:27 [PATCH 0/4] Miscellaneous dma-buf patches Laurent Pinchart
2012-01-26 11:27 ` [PATCH 1/4] dma-buf: Constify ops argument to dma_buf_export() Laurent Pinchart
2012-01-26 11:32 ` [Linaro-mm-sig] " Daniel Vetter
2012-01-26 11:27 ` [PATCH 2/4] dma-buf: Remove unneeded sanity checks Laurent Pinchart
2012-01-26 11:35 ` [Linaro-mm-sig] " Daniel Vetter
2012-01-26 11:27 ` [PATCH 3/4] dma-buf: Return error instead of using a goto statement when possible Laurent Pinchart
2012-01-26 11:35 ` [Linaro-mm-sig] " Daniel Vetter
2012-01-26 11:27 ` [PATCH 4/4] dma-buf: Move code out of mutex-protected section in dma_buf_attach() Laurent Pinchart
2012-01-26 11:36 ` [Linaro-mm-sig] " Daniel Vetter
2012-01-26 12:11 ` Chris Wilson [this message]
2012-01-26 12:37 ` Daniel Vetter
2012-01-27 5:19 ` [PATCH 0/4] Miscellaneous dma-buf patches Sumit Semwal
2012-03-21 11:20 ` Laurent Pinchart
2012-03-21 11:42 ` Sumit Semwal
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