Re: [PATCH 5/9] thermal/core: Introduce locked version of thermal_zone_device_update

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Thu Nov 10 2022 - 09:14:53 EST


On Thu, Nov 10, 2022 at 3:12 PM Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Nov 10, 2022 at 02:01:49PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 10, 2022 at 1:25 AM Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Wed, Nov 09, 2022 at 08:15:17PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 3:09 PM Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > In thermal_zone_device_set_mode(), the thermal zone mutex is released only
> > > > > to be reacquired in the subsequent call to thermal_zone_device_update().
> > > > >
> > > > > Introduce __thermal_zone_device_update() as locked version of
> > > >
> > > > Did you mean "unlocked"?
> > > >
> > > No, I did mean "locked", as in "must be called with thermal zone device
> > > mutex acquired".
> > >
> > > locked:
> > >
> > > void __thermal_zone_device_update(struct thermal_zone_device *tz,
> > > enum thermal_notify_event event)
> > > {
> > > ...
> > > }
> > >
> > > unlocked:
> > >
> > > void thermal_zone_device_update(struct thermal_zone_device *tz,
> > > enum thermal_notify_event event)
> > > {
> > > mutex_lock(&tz->lock);
> > > if (device_is_registered(&tz->device))
> > > __thermal_zone_device_update(tz, event);
> > > mutex_unlock(&tz->lock);
> > > }
> >
> > Thanks for the explanation.
> >
> > > Should I phrase or explain it differently ?
> >
> > I would rather say "bare" or something like that so it is all clear to
> > people like me, but it is your call.
>
> I updated the commit description to use "must be called with thermal
> device mutex held". I kept 'locked' in the subject; I don't think using
> 'bare' there would add any clarity. Hope that is ok.

It is.