Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 14 Aug 2013 11:34:57 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] uio: add uio_event_sync interface |
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On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 08:30:23PM +0800, Xiaolong Ye wrote: > This interface is called to sync listener->event_count and device > event count in multi-instances case. > > Change-Id: Ibb1e4888ce55b4993394b61e4bcd6dce8b8291f0
What is this for? (hint, it should never be in a kernel patch...)
> Signed-off-by: Xiaolong Ye <yexl@marvell.com> > --- > drivers/uio/uio.c | 12 ++++++++++++ > include/linux/uio_driver.h | 1 + > 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/drivers/uio/uio.c b/drivers/uio/uio.c > index ba47563..95d559f 100644 > --- a/drivers/uio/uio.c > +++ b/drivers/uio/uio.c > @@ -408,6 +408,18 @@ void uio_event_notify(struct uio_info *info) > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(uio_event_notify); > > /** > + * uio_event_sync - sync listener's event count with UIO device > + * @listener: uio_listener structure > + */ > +void uio_event_sync(struct uio_listener *listener) > +{ > + struct uio_device *idev = listener->dev; > + > + listener->event_count = atomic_read(&idev->event);
What prevents that count from changing right after you call this function?
> +} > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(uio_event_sync);
You are exporting a symbol, yet never using it, which means I can't accept this patch, sorry.
greg k-h
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