Add some comments about the two spinlock_t variables in the private
data. Also, add come comments for the functions that do not need to
lock/unlock the spinlock.

Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hswee...@visionengravers.com>
Cc: Ian Abbott <abbo...@mev.co.uk>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gre...@linuxfoundation.org>
---
 drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/pcmuio.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/pcmuio.c 
b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/pcmuio.c
index 6ee876d..c83f5bd 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/pcmuio.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/pcmuio.c
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ static const struct pcmuio_board pcmuio_boards[] = {
 };
 
 struct pcmuio_asic {
-       spinlock_t pagelock;
-       spinlock_t spinlock;
+       spinlock_t pagelock;    /* protects the page registers */
+       spinlock_t spinlock;    /* protects member variables */
        int enabled_mask;
        int active;
        int stop_count;
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@ static void pcmuio_reset(struct comedi_device *dev)
        }
 }
 
+/* chip->spinlock is already locked */
 static void pcmuio_stop_intr(struct comedi_device *dev,
                             struct comedi_subdevice *s)
 {
@@ -403,6 +404,7 @@ static irqreturn_t pcmuio_interrupt(int irq, void *d)
        return handled ? IRQ_HANDLED : IRQ_NONE;
 }
 
+/* chip->spinlock is already locked */
 static int pcmuio_start_intr(struct comedi_device *dev,
                             struct comedi_subdevice *s)
 {
-- 
1.8.4.4

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