[PATCH v2 02/17] firmware: arm_scmi: Reduce the scope of protocols mutex
Cristian Marussi
cristian.marussi at arm.com
Mon Jan 19 07:45:12 PST 2026
On Mon, Jan 19, 2026 at 11:21:54AM +0000, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Jan 2026 11:46:06 +0000
> Cristian Marussi <cristian.marussi at arm.com> wrote:
>
> > Currently the mutex dedicated to the protection of the list of registered
> > protocols is held during all the protocol initialization phase.
Hi Jonathan,
> >
> > Such a wide locking region is not needed and causes problem when trying to
> > initialize notifications from within a protocol initialization routine.
> >
> > Reduce the scope of the protocol mutex.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Cristian Marussi <cristian.marussi at arm.com>
> I haven't checked carefully that the new scope is appropriate but
> as a change in of itself, the code is correct and clean.
> With that in mind.
I will double check after more testing.
> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron <jonathan.cameron at huawei.com>
>
Thanks for having a look.
Cristian
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