Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 24 Feb 2014 16:10:42 +0000 | From | Lee Jones <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 3/3] mfd: arizona: Use new regmap features for manual register patch |
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> On the wm5102 the register patches are applied manually, rather than by > the regmap core. This application is wrapped in calls to > regcache_cache_bypass. However, this is dangerous as other threads may > be accessing the hardware at the same time as the pm_runtime operations > and if they do so during the period whilst cache_bypass is enabled those > writes will miss the cache when they shouldn't. > > Apply the register patch using the new regmap_apply_patch function to > avoid this problem. Also remove the call to regcache_cache_bypass from > the hardware patch application as it is unneeded there and creates a > similar window for writes to miss the cache. > > Signed-off-by: Charles Keepax <ckeepax@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> > --- > drivers/mfd/arizona-core.c | 4 ---- > drivers/mfd/wm5102-tables.c | 19 ++----------------- > 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
Applied, thanks.
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