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SubjectRe: [RFC PATCH 2/2] drivers/base: add managed token devres interfaces
On 04/17/2014 02:22 PM, Tejun Heo wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 04:10:34PM -0400, Tejun Heo wrote:
Please do not implement locking
> primitive directly if at all avoidable. Why can't it use a mutex
> embedded in the data area of a devres entry? And if you for some
> reason have to implement it directly, at least add lockdep
> annotations.
>

Thanks. This is helpful. Yes it does simplify the code with mutex
embedded in the devres data area. I am working on a v2 patch with
that change.

-- Shuah

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Shuah Khan
Senior Linux Kernel Developer - Open Source Group
Samsung Research America(Silicon Valley)
shuah.kh@samsung.com | (970) 672-0658


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