On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 09:45:05PM +0100, Lars-Peter Clausen wrote:
> Trilok Soni wrote:
> > +
> > +static void led_kp_set(struct pmic8058_led_data *led, enum led_brightness
> > value)
> > +{
> > + int rc;
> > + u8 level;
> > + unsigned long flags;
> > +
> > + spin_lock_irqsave(&led->value_lock, flags);
> This function is only ever called from within the workqueue so there is no
> need for
> locking.
>
That is a common misconception, unfortunately. The same work may
be executing on several CPUs at the same time if it was scheduled on
multi-threaded work queue.
...
> > + schedule_work(&led->work);
And sure enough, keventd is such workqueue.
Now, whether having the same work run simultaneously is OK or not is a
different question altogether...
--
Dmitry
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