Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 4 Feb 2015 14:44:56 +0100 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 03/20] power_supply: Add API for safe access of power supply function attrs |
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On Fri 2015-01-30 15:47:41, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote: > Add simple wrappers for accessing power supply's function attributes: > - get_property -> power_supply_get_property > - set_property -> power_supply_set_property > - property_is_writeable -> power_supply_property_is_writeable > - external_power_changed -> power_supply_external_power_changed > > This API along with atomic usage counter adds a safe way of accessing a > power supply from another driver. If power supply is unregistered after > obtaining reference to it by some driver, then the API wrappers won't be > executed in invalid (freed) context. > > Next patch changing the ownership of power supply class is still needed > to fully fix race conditions in accessing freed power supply. > > Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@samsung.com> > Reviewed-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@samsung.com> > Reviewed-by: Sebastian Reichel <sre@kernel.org>
For 1-3: Acked-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
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