[PATCH 0/6] clk: meson: Delete a meaningless spinlock from the MPLL

[Jerome Brunet]

On Fri 20 Sep 2024 at 16:16, Chuan Liu via B4 Relay <devnull+chuan.liu.amlogic.com at kernel.org> wrote:

> The existing locking mechanism of CCF can effectively avoid concurrent
> register access. struct meson_clk_mpll_data has no meaning in defining
> a spinlock repeatedly.
>
> In addition, the register corresponding to MPLL does not share the same
> register with other module drivers, so there is no concurrent access to
> the register with other modules drivers.
>
> Every driver file with mpll defines a spinlock with the same name (even
> if defined as "static"), giving the illusion of repeated definitions?
>
> Signed-off-by: Chuan Liu <chuan.liu at amlogic.com>

I'm ok with the patch in general but I have problem with the wording.
The lock is not meaningless. It has a meaning but it does not serve a
purpose, at least not anymore. You could write that it is useless, or
superfluous if you want to, but not meaningless.

Also, please squash the changes. 1 patch for this is fine.

> ---
> Chuan Liu (6):
>       clk: meson: mpll: Delete a meaningless spinlock from the MPLL
>       clk: meson: axg: Delete the spinlock from the MPLL
>       clk: meson: meson8b: Delete the spinlock from the MPLL
>       clk: meson: gxbb: Delete the spinlock from the MPLL
>       clk: meson: g12a: Delete the spinlock from the MPLL
>       clk: meson: s4: Delete the spinlock from the MPLL
>
>  drivers/clk/meson/axg.c      |  6 ------
>  drivers/clk/meson/clk-mpll.c | 11 -----------
>  drivers/clk/meson/clk-mpll.h |  1 -
>  drivers/clk/meson/g12a.c     |  6 ------
>  drivers/clk/meson/gxbb.c     |  6 ------
>  drivers/clk/meson/meson8b.c  |  3 ---
>  drivers/clk/meson/s4-pll.c   |  6 ------
>  7 files changed, 39 deletions(-)
> ---
> base-commit: 0ef513560b53d499c824b77220c537eafe1df90d
> change-id: 20240918-mpll_spinlock-4b9b55c44fd5
>
> Best regards,

-- 
Jerome