Re: [PATCH 2/2 v2] mmc_spi: lock the SPI bus when accessing thecard

[Andrew Morton]

On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:52:14 -0400
Mike Frysinger <vapier@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Yi Li <yi.li@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> The MMC/SPI spec does not play well with typical SPI design -- it often
> needs to send out a command in one message, read a response, then do some
> other arbitrary step.  Since we can't let another SPI client use the bus
> during this time, use the new SPI lock/unlock functions to provide the
> required exclusivity.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yi Li <yi.li@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v2
> 	- drop now unused maybe_count_child as pointed out by H Hartley Sweeten
> 
>  drivers/mmc/host/mmc_spi.c |   41 ++---------------------------------------
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/mmc_spi.c b/drivers/mmc/host/mmc_spi.c
> index a461017..c3563a7 100644
> --- a/drivers/mmc/host/mmc_spi.c
> +++ b/drivers/mmc/host/mmc_spi.c
> @@ -1084,6 +1084,7 @@ static void mmc_spi_request(struct mmc_host *mmc, struct mmc_request *mrq)
>  #endif
>  
>  	/* issue command; then optionally data and stop */
> +	spi_lock_bus(host->spi);
>  	status = mmc_spi_command_send(host, mrq, mrq->cmd, mrq->data != NULL);
>  	if (status == 0 && mrq->data) {
>  		mmc_spi_data_do(host, mrq->cmd, mrq->data, mrq->data->blksz);
> @@ -1092,7 +1093,7 @@ static void mmc_spi_request(struct mmc_host *mmc, struct mmc_request *mrq)
>  		else
>  			mmc_cs_off(host);
>  	}
> -
> +	spi_unlock_bus(host->spi);
>  	mmc_request_done(host->mmc, mrq);

I can't find any code anywhere which puts a non-zero value into
spi_master.[un]lock_bus so in my tree at least, neither of these
patches do anything.

This makes it all a bit hard to understand and review.
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