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SubjectRe: [RFC,PATCH 1/2] Add a common struct clk
Hi,

> > > +static inline int clk_enable(struct clk *clk)
> > > +{
> > > + int ret = 0;
> > > +
> > > + if (!clk->ops->enable)
> > > + return 0;
> > > +
> > > + mutex_lock(&clk->mutex);
> > > + if (!clk->enable_count)
> > > + ret = clk->ops->enable(clk);
> > > +
> > > + if (!ret)
> > > + clk->enable_count++;
> > > + mutex_unlock(&clk->mutex);
> > > +
> > > + return ret;
> > > +}
> >
Using a mutex in clk_enable()/clk_disable() is a bad idea, since that
makes it impossible to call those functions in interrupt context.


Lothar Waßmann
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