From: "Bounine, Alexandre" <Alexandre.Bounine@idt.com>
To: "Andrew Morton" <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Thomas Moll <thomas.moll@sysgo.com>,
linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Subject: RE: [PATCH v2 03/10] RapidIO: Use stored ingress port number instead of register read
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 12:28:06 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <0CE8B6BE3C4AD74AB97D9D29BD24E55201303364@CORPEXCH1.na.ads.idt.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100914151219.5d92c6f9.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
=20
> What is the locking for rdev? In other patches I see pointer chases
> with no obvious locking against concurrent changes?
This rdev should be safe because it is intended for use only by
rio_switch
attached to the same rdev. Therefore rio_global_list_lock will work
here.
I will check for safe locking in all my patches - this set and earlier.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-09-15 19:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-09-14 14:59 [PATCH v2 0/10] RapidIO: Set of patches to add Gen2 switches Alexandre Bounine
2010-09-14 14:59 ` [PATCH v2 01/10] RapidIO: Fix RapidIO sysfs hierarchy Alexandre Bounine
2010-09-14 22:04 ` Andrew Morton
2010-09-15 14:04 ` Bounine, Alexandre
2010-09-14 14:59 ` [PATCH v2 02/10] RapidIO:powerpc/85xx: Modify RIO port-write interrupt handler Alexandre Bounine
2010-09-14 14:59 ` [PATCH v2 03/10] RapidIO: Use stored ingress port number instead of register read Alexandre Bounine
2010-09-14 22:12 ` Andrew Morton
2010-09-15 19:28 ` Bounine, Alexandre [this message]
2010-09-20 14:31 ` Bounine, Alexandre
2010-09-20 19:17 ` Andrew Morton
2010-09-20 19:49 ` Bounine, Alexandre
2010-09-20 20:40 ` Micha Nelissen
2010-10-01 20:46 ` Bounine, Alexandre
2010-09-14 14:59 ` [PATCH v2 04/10] RapidIO: Add relation links between RIO device structures Alexandre Bounine
2010-09-14 14:59 ` [PATCH v2 05/10] RapidIO: Add default handler for error-stopped state Alexandre Bounine
2010-09-14 14:59 ` [PATCH v2 06/10] RapidIO: Modify sysfs initialization for switches Alexandre Bounine
2010-09-14 22:10 ` Andrew Morton
2010-09-15 13:38 ` Bounine, Alexandre
2010-09-14 14:59 ` [PATCH v2 07/10] RapidIO: Add handling of orphan port-write message Alexandre Bounine
2010-09-14 14:59 ` [PATCH v2 08/10] RapidIO: Add device access check into the enumeration Alexandre Bounine
2010-09-14 14:59 ` [PATCH v2 09/10] RapidIO: Add support for IDT CPS Gen2 switches Alexandre Bounine
2010-09-14 22:20 ` Andrew Morton
2010-09-15 15:30 ` Bounine, Alexandre
2010-09-15 18:27 ` Anderson, Trevor
2010-09-15 18:52 ` Bounine, Alexandre
2010-09-15 19:13 ` Anderson, Trevor
2010-09-14 14:59 ` [PATCH v2 10/10] RapidIO: Add handling of redundant routes Alexandre Bounine
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