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i2c: Use rwsem instead of mutex for board info

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By using rwsem we can easily manage recursive calls of
i2c_scan_static_board_info() function without breaking the locking.

Signed-off-by: Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@linux.it>
Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
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Rodolfo Giometti
2009-06-19 16:58:20 +02:00
committed by Jean Delvare
parent 99cd8e2587
commit f18c41daea
3 changed files with 10 additions and 6 deletions
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drivers/i2c/i2c-boardinfo.c
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@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/i2c.h>
#include <linux/rwsem.h>
#include "i2c-core.h"
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@
/* These symbols are exported ONLY FOR the i2c core.
* No other users will be supported.
*/
DEFINE_MUTEX(__i2c_board_lock);
DECLARE_RWSEM(__i2c_board_lock);
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__i2c_board_lock);
LIST_HEAD(__i2c_board_list);
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ i2c_register_board_info(int busnum,
{
int status;
mutex_lock(&__i2c_board_lock);
down_write(&__i2c_board_lock);
/* dynamic bus numbers will be assigned after the last static one */
if (busnum >= __i2c_first_dynamic_bus_num)
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ i2c_register_board_info(int busnum,
list_add_tail(&devinfo->list, &__i2c_board_list);
}
mutex_unlock(&__i2c_board_lock);
up_write(&__i2c_board_lock);
return status;
}