Re: [PATCH v1 1/4] coresight: etm4x: Add lock for reading virtual context ID comparator

From: Suzuki K Poulose
Date: Mon Nov 01 2021 - 05:52:47 EST


Hi Leo

On 31/10/2021 14:42, Leo Yan wrote:
When read the virtual context ID comparator value via sysfs node, the
driver firstly reads out the index, then reads the comparator value
based on index. >
This patch adds the spinlock to protect the atomicity for up two steps.

minor nit: This could be :

"Updates to the values and the index are protected via the
spinlock. Ensure we use the same lock to read the value
safely"

With that:

Reviewed-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@xxxxxxx>