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| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/iio/imu/adis.h | 11 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/iio/imu/adis.h b/include/linux/iio/imu/adis.h index 20339025c75f..dd8219138c2e 100644 --- a/include/linux/iio/imu/adis.h +++ b/include/linux/iio/imu/adis.h @@ -98,6 +98,17 @@ struct adis { const struct adis_data *data; struct adis_burst *burst; + /** + * The state_lock is meant to be used during operations that require + * a sequence of SPI R/W in order to protect the SPI transfer + * information (fields 'xfer', 'msg' & 'current_page') between + * potential concurrent accesses. + * This lock is used by all "adis_{functions}" that have to read/write + * registers. These functions also have unlocked variants + * (see "__adis_{functions}"), which don't hold this lock. + * This allows users of the ADIS library to group SPI R/W into + * the drivers, but they also must manage this lock themselves. + */ struct mutex state_lock; struct spi_message msg; struct spi_transfer *xfer; |