Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 25 Jan 2018 11:09:50 -0800 | From | Moritz Fischer <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] fpga: fpga-region: comment on fpga_region_program_fpga locking |
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Hi Alan,
looks good.
On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 09:39:22AM -0600, Alan Tull wrote: > Add a comment to the header of fpga_region_program_fpga() > regarding locking of the bridges. > > Signed-off-by: Alan Tull <atull@kernel.org> Acked-by: Moritz Fischer <mdf@kernel.org> > --- > drivers/fpga/fpga-region.c | 5 +++++ > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/drivers/fpga/fpga-region.c b/drivers/fpga/fpga-region.c > index edab2a2..cb0603e 100644 > --- a/drivers/fpga/fpga-region.c > +++ b/drivers/fpga/fpga-region.c > @@ -95,6 +95,11 @@ static void fpga_region_put(struct fpga_region *region) > * fpga_region_program_fpga - program FPGA > * @region: FPGA region > * Program an FPGA using fpga image info (region->info). > + * If the region has a get_bridges function, the exclusive reference for the > + * bridges will be held if programming succeeds. This is intended to prevent > + * reprogramming the region until the caller considers it safe to do so. > + * The caller will need to call fpga_bridges_put() before attempting to > + * reprogram the region. > * Return 0 for success or negative error code. > */ > int fpga_region_program_fpga(struct fpga_region *region) > -- > 2.7.4 >
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