[PATCH v16 10/12] OMAP: dmtimer: extend spinlock in request functions

DebBarma, Tarun Kanti tarun.kanti at ti.com
Thu Sep 22 02:00:33 EDT 2011


On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 6:12 AM, Tony Lindgren <tony at atomide.com> wrote:
> * Tarun Kanti DebBarma <tarun.kanti at ti.com> [110920 03:57]:
>> The request functions now verify the success of omap_dm_timer_prepare() call
>> after a timer is acquired. If *_prepare() fails then we have to release the
>> timer. In order to avoid race condition during this time, include *_prepare()
>> within lock.
>
> This I've folded into patch 5.
That should be fine.
--
Tarun
>
> Tony
>



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