Re: [PATCH v1 1/6] eeprom: Add a simple EEPROM framework for eeprom providers

[Mark Brown]

On Thu, Mar 05, 2015 at 09:45:41AM +0000, Srinivas Kandagatla wrote:

> +
> +	return eeprom;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(eeprom_register);

This framework uses regmap but regmap is EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() and this is
using EXPORT_SYMBOL().

> +int eeprom_unregister(struct eeprom_device *eeprom)
> +{
> +	mutex_lock(&eeprom_mutex);
> +	if (atomic_read(&eeprom->users)) {
> +		mutex_unlock(&eeprom_mutex);

Atomic reads and a mutex - isn't the mutex enough?  Atomics are
generally a recipie for bugs due to the complexity in using them.

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