[PATCH v7 1/2] provide lock-less versions of clk_{enable|disable}

[David Lechner]

On 12/12/2016 04:27 AM, Alexandre Bailon wrote:
> On 12/12/2016 10:02 AM, Sekhar Nori wrote:
>> Hi Uwe,
>>
>> On Saturday 10 December 2016 12:24 AM, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> On Fri, Dec 09, 2016 at 05:59:32PM +0100, Alexandre Bailon wrote:
>>>> Rename __clk_{enable|disble} in davinci_clk_{enable|disable}.
>>>> davinci_clk_{enable|disable} is a lock-less version of
>>>> clk_{enable|disable}.
>>>> This is useful to recursively enable clock without doing recursive call
>>>> to clk_enable(), which would cause a recursive locking issue.
>>>> The lock-less version could be used by example by the usb20 phy clock,
>>>> that need to enable the usb20 clock before to start.
>>>
>>> I wouldn't call that lock-less. The difference is that the newly exposed
>>> funcion requires the caller to already hold the lock. So maybe a better
>>
>> Right.
> Is it enough to update the commit message or should I also update the
> patch title?
> If so, could you suggest one because I don't know how to describe it
> shortly.

How about... "ARM: davinci: Make __clk_{enable,disable} functions public"





>
> Thanks,
> Alexandre
>