Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/3] ACPI / scan: Change ordering of locks for device hotplug | From | Toshi Kani <> | Date | Fri, 30 Aug 2013 18:17:37 -0600 |
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On Thu, 2013-08-29 at 23:15 +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com> > > Change the ordering of device hotplug locks in scan.c so that > acpi_scan_lock is always acquired after device_hotplug_lock. > > This will make it possible to use device_hotplug_lock around some > code paths that acquire acpi_scan_lock safely (most importantly > system suspend and hibernation). Apart from that, acpi_scan_lock > is platform-specific and device_hotplug_lock is general, so the > new ordering appears to be more appropriate from the overall > design viewpoint. > > Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Acked-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hp.com>
Thanks, -Toshi
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