Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] gpiolib: use a mutex to protect the list of GPIO devices

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Fri Dec 15 2023 - 12:33:39 EST


On Fri, Dec 15, 2023 at 04:53:00PM +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The global list of GPIO devices is never modified or accessed from
> atomic context so it's fine to protect it using a mutex. Add a new
> global lock dedicated to the gpio_devices list and use it whenever
> accessing or modifying it.
>
> While at it: fold the sysfs registering of existing devices into
> gpiolib.c and make gpio_devices static within its compilation unit.

LGTM,
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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Andy Shevchenko