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From: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
To: Benjamin Gaignard <benjamin.gaignard@linaro.org>
Cc: Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org>,
	Alexandre TORGUE <alexandre.torgue@st.com>,
	"open list:GPIO SUBSYSTEM" <linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org>,
	"open list:OPEN FIRMWARE AND FLATTENED DEVICE TREE BINDINGS" 
	<devicetree@vger.kernel.org>,
	Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-stm32@st-md-mailman.stormreply.com,
	Benjamin Gaignard <benjamin.gaignard@st.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] pinctrl: stm32: protect configuration registers with a hwspinlock
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2018 13:20:46 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CACRpkdZD5EurbTRyUg7AWRZqVQ-6rmUQDUmVVCFU3r0Y1bwnVg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20181113095142.32015-3-benjamin.gaignard@st.com>

On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 10:51 AM Benjamin Gaignard
<benjamin.gaignard@linaro.org> wrote:

> If a hwspinlock if defined in device tree use it to protect
> configuration registers.
>
> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Gaignard <benjamin.gaignard@st.com>

Patch applied with Alex' ACK.

Out of curiosity: what is it protecting against?
I would guess simultaneous access from another CPU
but the commit doesn't say.

Simultaneous access from two CPUs makes it extra important
that all register access is read-modify-write, so I'd have a second
check over the code to make sure this is the case.

Yours,
Linus Walleij

  parent reply	other threads:[~2018-11-19 12:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-11-13  9:51 [PATCH 0/3] make pin-controller use hwspinlock Benjamin Gaignard
2018-11-13  9:51 ` [PATCH 1/3] dt-bindings: pinctrl: stm32: Document hwlocks properties Benjamin Gaignard
2018-11-19 12:16   ` Linus Walleij
2018-11-13  9:51 ` [PATCH 2/3] pinctrl: stm32: protect configuration registers with a hwspinlock Benjamin Gaignard
2018-11-13 10:40   ` Alexandre Torgue
2018-11-19 12:20   ` Linus Walleij [this message]
2018-11-20  8:38     ` Benjamin Gaignard
2018-11-13  9:51 ` [PATCH 3/3] ARM: dts: stm32: Add hwlock for pinctrl Benjamin Gaignard
2018-11-13  9:58   ` Alexandre Torgue

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