Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> 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.
>
Hm, right my fault.
Still the comment above is still valid, because the original workqueue handler
was
locked by a mutex. But the comment regarding the mutex should have been:
You can remove the mutex if you queue the work on the system_nrt_wq workqueue
> ...
>
>>> + 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...
>
- Lars
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