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On Wed, Mar 29, 2023 at 09:01:30AM +0200, Nuno S? wrote:
> On Tue, 2023-03-28 at 18:47 +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 04:51:18PM +0200, Nuno S? wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2023-03-28 at 17:35 +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 04:18:30PM +0200, Nuno S? wrote:
> > > > > On Tue, 2023-03-28 at 14:46 +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> > > > > > On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 03:26:44PM +0200, Nuno S? wrote:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > > IIRC, regmap_read() is not really reentrant and it is used
> > > > > > > in
> > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > IIO
> > > > > > > driver on the sysfs interface. So, yeah, I think you need
> > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > regmap
> > > > > > > lock and better just leave the config as is. Yes, the lock
> > > > > > > is
> > > > > > > opt-
> > > > > > > out
> > > > > > > so let's not disable it :)
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > All the regmap operations are fully thread safe.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Even if 'config->disable_locking' is set? I think that is
> > > > > what's
> > > > > being
> > > > > discussed in here...
> > > > 
> > > > In case the driver has its own lock to serialize IO how on earth
> > > > the
> > > > regmap
> > > > lock is needed. That's what I asked the author of the driver. He
> > > > told
> > > > the code
> > > 
> > > Well, if the driver has it's own locking, then sure we do not need
> > > regmap's lock...
> > > 
> > > > doesn't require the regmap lock, and I tend to believe the
> > > > author.
> > > > So, why to
> > > > keep it?
> > > 
> > > However, if you look at the adc driver, I can see plain
> > > regmap_read()
> > > calls without any "outside" locking.
> > 
> > Then author of the code should know what they are doing. Right?
> 
> In theory yes, but you know that's not always the case :)

Exactly. That's why I want to hear from the author of the code to make sure
they know _their_ code.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko