Re: [PATCH v10] i2c: virtio: add a virtio i2c frontend driver

From: Viresh Kumar
Date: Tue Jun 29 2021 - 05:13:43 EST


On 29-06-21, 10:30, Wolfram Sang wrote:
>
> >     3. It seems the I2C core takes care of locking already, so is it safy to
> > remove "struct mutex lock in struct virtio_i2c"?
>
> Looks to me like the mutex is only to serialize calls to
> virtio_i2c_xfer(). Then, it can go. The core does locking. See, we have
> i2c_transfer and __i2c_transfer, the unlocked version.

Right, this is what I have been suggesting as well.

So do you want Jie to send V11 now after fixing these three issues, or
you have more concerns ?

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viresh