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From:   Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@baylibre.com>
Date:   Mon, 26 Oct 2020 15:26:59 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] gpiolib: cdev: document that line eflags are shared
To:     Kent Gibson <warthog618@gmail.com>
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        linux-gpio <linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
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On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 8:29 AM Kent Gibson <warthog618@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The line.eflags field is shared so document this fact and highlight it
> throughout using READ_ONCE() and WRITE_ONCE() accessors.
>
> Also use a local copy of the eflags in edge_irq_thread() to ensure
> consistent control flow even if eflags changes.  This is only a defensive
> measure as edge_irq_thread() is currently disabled when the eflags are
> changed.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kent Gibson <warthog618@gmail.com>
> ---
>

Patch applied, thanks!

Bartosz