On 21, April 2018 18:49, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Apr 2018 21:30:03 +0200
> David Veenstra <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Add missing kernel docs to the ad2s1200 driver state.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: David Veenstra <[email protected]>
>> ---
>> drivers/staging/iio/resolver/ad2s1200.c | 8 ++++++++
>> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/resolver/ad2s1200.c
>> b/drivers/staging/iio/resolver/ad2s1200.c
>> index 357fe3c382b3..f07aab7e7a35 100644
>> --- a/drivers/staging/iio/resolver/ad2s1200.c
>> +++ b/drivers/staging/iio/resolver/ad2s1200.c
>> @@ -33,6 +33,14 @@
>> /* clock period in nano second */
>> #define AD2S1200_TSCLK (1000000000 / AD2S1200_HZ)
>>
>> +/**
>> + * struct ad2s1200_state - driver instance specific data
>> + * @lock: protect driver state
>
> This doc for locks needs to be more specific. From a quick
> glance I think it does two things.
> 1) Ensures that we don't have concurrent accesses changing the
> gpio control lines.
> 2) Protects the rx buffer against concurrent accesses.
>
> It doesn't have anything much to do with the rest of this state
> structure.
You're right. The lock is to prevent concurrent spi reads. I'll
add additional explanation in v3.
Best regards,
David Veenstra
>
>> + * @sdev: spi device
>> + * @sample: GPIO pin SAMPLE
>> + * @rdvel: GPIO pin RDVEL
>> + * @rx: buffer for spi transfers
>> + */
>> struct ad2s1200_state {
>> struct mutex lock;
>> struct spi_device *sdev;
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