[PATCH] mtd: spi-nor: scope the exclusive RWW lock
Tudor Ambarus
tudor.ambarus at linaro.org
Wed Aug 12 02:48:22 PDT 2026
On 8/12/26 9:14 AM, Michael Walle wrote:
> On Tue Aug 11, 2026 at 12:05 PM CEST, Tudor Ambarus wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 8/10/26 11:25 AM, Michael Walle wrote:
>>> Tudor, do
>>> you know why you've omitted the guard() in spi_nor_rww_start_exclusive()?
>>
>> because using guard changes the behavior of the code.
>
> But that commit removed the mutex_unlock(), thus keeping the lock.
oh, the horror, indeed.
> That wasn't the case before the commit. IMHO the Fixes: tag is
> correct.
+1
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