[RFT PATCH v3 21/27] tty: serial: samsung_tty: IRQ rework

Krzysztof Kozlowski krzysztof.kozlowski at canonical.com
Sun Mar 7 11:34:55 GMT 2021


On 05/03/2021 17:29, Hector Martin wrote:
> On 06/03/2021 01.20, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>>> I am just splitting an
>>> existing function into two, where one takes the lock and the other does
>>> the work. Do you mean using a different locking function? I'm not
>>> entirely sure what you're suggesting.
>>
>> Yes, as a prerequisite
>>
>> spin_lock_irqsave -> spin_lock().
> 
> Krzysztof, is this something you want in this series? I was trying to 
> avoid logic changes to the non-Apple paths.

I don't quite get the need for such change (the code will be still
called in interrupt handler, right?), but assuming the "why?" is
properly documented, it can be a separate patch here.

Best regards,
Krzysztof



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