From: "Shem Multinymous" <multinymous@gmail.com>
To: "Muli Ben-Yehuda" <muli@il.ibm.com>
Cc: "Pavel Machek" <pavel@suse.cz>,
"Björn Steinbrink" <B.Steinbrink@gmx.de>,
"Robert Love" <rlove@rlove.org>,
"Jean Delvare" <khali@linux-fr.org>,
"Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@suse.de>,
"Alan Cox" <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, hdaps-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/12] hdaps: Correct readout and remove nonsensical attributes
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 16:35:23 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <41840b750608080635j552829a3g4971316ff2d264ad@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060808131724.GE5497@rhun.haifa.ibm.com>
Hi Muli,
On 8/8/06, Muli Ben-Yehuda <muli@il.ibm.com> wrote:
> > > > ret = thinkpad_ec_lock();
> > > > if (ret)
> > > > return ret;
> Ugh, I missed that - it's called _lock(), but it's actually
> down_interruptible().
Why is that confusing?
> Why not just get rid of the wrapper and call
> down_interruptible() directly? That makes it obvious what's going on.
We may end up needing to lock away other subsystems (ACPI?) that
touch the same ports. Apparently not an issue right now, but could
change with new firmware. (http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/8/7/147)
Shem
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-08-08 13:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 86+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-08-06 7:26 [PATCH 00/12] ThinkPad embedded controller and hdaps drivers Shem Multinymous
2006-08-06 7:26 ` [PATCH 01/12] thinkpad_ec: New driver for ThinkPad embedded controller access Shem Multinymous
2006-08-06 7:56 ` Andrew Morton
2006-08-06 9:56 ` Shem Multinymous
2006-08-06 10:07 ` Andrew Morton
2006-08-06 10:44 ` Shem Multinymous
2006-08-06 14:55 ` Theodore Tso
2006-08-06 16:40 ` Olaf Hering
2006-08-06 16:55 ` Willy Tarreau
2006-08-06 18:40 ` Andrew Morton
2006-08-06 22:31 ` Shem Multinymous
2006-08-06 22:08 ` Shem Multinymous
2006-08-07 0:56 ` [Hdaps-devel] " Shawn Starr
2006-08-07 3:40 ` Theodore Tso
2006-08-06 18:53 ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-08-06 22:41 ` Shem Multinymous
2006-08-06 22:56 ` Greg KH
2006-08-06 23:13 ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-08-07 13:26 ` Pavel Machek
2006-08-07 19:23 ` Andrew Morton
2006-08-07 23:20 ` Pavel Machek
2006-08-07 13:47 ` Pavel Machek
2006-08-07 13:44 ` Pavel Machek
2006-08-07 15:13 ` Shem Multinymous
2006-08-07 16:27 ` Björn Steinbrink
2006-08-07 16:41 ` Shem Multinymous
2006-08-07 16:54 ` Björn Steinbrink
2006-08-07 23:17 ` Pavel Machek
2006-08-07 23:15 ` Pavel Machek
2006-08-07 23:23 ` Greg KH
2006-08-07 23:25 ` Pavel Machek
2006-08-07 23:29 ` Greg KH
2006-08-07 23:37 ` [PATCH] pr_debug() should not be used in drivers Pavel Machek
2006-08-08 9:44 ` [PATCH 01/12] thinkpad_ec: New driver for ThinkPad embedded controller access Shem Multinymous
2006-08-08 9:23 ` Shem Multinymous
2006-08-08 9:39 ` Pavel Machek
2006-08-07 23:39 ` Randy.Dunlap
2006-08-06 7:26 ` [PATCH 02/12] hdaps: Use thinkpad_ec instead of direct port access Shem Multinymous
2006-08-07 13:55 ` Pavel Machek
2006-08-07 15:40 ` Shem Multinymous
2006-08-07 23:22 ` Pavel Machek
2006-08-06 7:26 ` [PATCH 03/12] hdaps: Unify and cache hdaps readouts Shem Multinymous
2006-08-07 14:02 ` Pavel Machek
2006-08-07 16:14 ` Shem Multinymous
2006-08-07 23:24 ` Pavel Machek
2006-08-08 9:16 ` Shem Multinymous
2006-08-08 9:21 ` Pavel Machek
2006-08-08 10:06 ` Shem Multinymous
2006-08-08 10:09 ` Pavel Machek
2006-08-06 7:26 ` [PATCH 04/12] hdaps: Correct readout and remove nonsensical attributes Shem Multinymous
2006-08-07 14:07 ` Pavel Machek
2006-08-07 16:30 ` Shem Multinymous
2006-08-07 18:20 ` Björn Steinbrink
2006-08-07 23:30 ` timeout nonsense [was Re: [PATCH 04/12] hdaps: Correct readout and remove nonsensical attributes] Pavel Machek
2006-08-08 12:22 ` [PATCH 04/12] hdaps: Correct readout and remove nonsensical attributes Muli Ben-Yehuda
2006-08-08 12:56 ` Pavel Machek
2006-08-08 13:17 ` Muli Ben-Yehuda
2006-08-08 13:35 ` Shem Multinymous [this message]
2006-08-08 13:43 ` Muli Ben-Yehuda
2006-08-08 14:53 ` Shem Multinymous
2006-08-08 15:19 ` Alan Cox
2006-08-08 15:33 ` Shem Multinymous
2006-08-09 3:44 ` Muli Ben-Yehuda
2006-08-09 9:02 ` Shem Multinymous
2006-08-09 9:56 ` Muli Ben-Yehuda
2006-08-07 23:26 ` Pavel Machek
2006-08-06 7:26 ` [PATCH 05/12] hdaps: Remember keyboard and mouse activity Shem Multinymous
2006-08-07 14:11 ` Pavel Machek
2006-08-07 16:19 ` Shem Multinymous
2006-08-06 7:26 ` [PATCH 06/12] hdaps: Limit hardware query rate Shem Multinymous
2006-08-08 12:08 ` Pavel Machek
2006-08-06 7:26 ` [PATCH 07/12] hdaps: delay calibration to first hardware query Shem Multinymous
2006-08-08 12:10 ` Pavel Machek
2006-08-06 7:26 ` [PATCH 08/12] hdaps: Add explicit hardware configuration functions Shem Multinymous
2006-08-08 12:16 ` Pavel Machek
2006-08-08 13:17 ` Shem Multinymous
2006-08-06 7:26 ` [PATCH 09/12] hdaps: Add new sysfs attributes Shem Multinymous
2006-08-08 12:19 ` Pavel Machek
2006-08-06 7:26 ` [PATCH 10/12] hdaps: Power off accelerometer on suspend and unload Shem Multinymous
2006-08-08 12:45 ` Pavel Machek
2006-08-08 13:28 ` Shem Multinymous
2006-08-06 7:26 ` [PATCH 11/12] hdaps: Stop polling timer when suspended Shem Multinymous
2006-08-08 12:46 ` Pavel Machek
2006-08-06 7:26 ` [PATCH 12/12] hdaps: Simplify whitelist Shem Multinymous
2006-08-08 12:47 ` Pavel Machek
2006-08-10 9:48 [PATCH 00/12] ThinkPad embedded controller and hdaps drivers (version 2) Shem Multinymous
2006-08-10 9:48 ` [PATCH 04/12] hdaps: Correct readout and remove nonsensical attributes Shem Multinymous
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