Re: [PATCH] gpiolib: extend the critical sections of lookup tables

From: Linus Walleij
Date: Wed Sep 20 2023 - 06:59:15 EST


On Wed, Sep 20, 2023 at 11:33 AM Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Sep 2023 11:12:58 +0200, Linus Walleij
> <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx> said:
> > On Wed, Sep 20, 2023 at 10:56 AM Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > Can we rename this function gpiod_find_lookup_table_locked()
> > as per precedents in the kernel, to indicate that it needs to be
> > called with a lock held?
> >
>
> I think you mean gpiod_find_lookup_table_unlocked() as with this change it
> will no longer take the lock?

I think the pattern is the one I indicated: *_locked() means the function
is to be called with the appropriate lock held, cf
arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/mm.c

pkvm_create_mappings() takes a lock and then calls
pkvm_create_mappings_locked() which even asserts that
the lock is held.

Yours,
Linus Walleij