Re: [PATCH v4 09/10] clk: add clk_rate_exclusive api

From: Jerome Brunet
Date: Tue Oct 31 2017 - 13:30:03 EST


On Thu, 2017-10-26 at 07:26 +0200, Michael Turquette wrote:
> Hi Jerome,
>
> Quoting Jerome Brunet (2017-09-24 22:00:29)
> > @@ -1778,6 +1867,50 @@ int clk_set_rate(struct clk *clk, unsigned long rate)
> > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(clk_set_rate);
> >
> > /**
> > + * clk_set_rate_exclusive - specify a new rate get exclusive control
> > + * @clk: the clk whose rate is being changed
> > + * @rate: the new rate for clk
> > + *
> > + * This is a combination of clk_set_rate() and clk_rate_exclusive_get()
> > + * within a critical section
> > + *
> > + * This can be used initially to ensure that at least 1 consumer is
> > + * statisfied when several consumers are competing for exclusivity over the
> > + * same clock provider.
>
> Please add the following here:
>
> Calls to clk_rate_exclusive_get() should be balanced with calls to
> clk_rate_exclusive_put().

Oh indeed !
I can do a resend with it or, if you prefer, you may directly amend the patch.
As you prefer

Thanks

>
> Otherwise looks good to me.
>
> Best regards,
> Mike