Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] soc: renesas: rcar-mfis: convert spinlock to raw_spinlock

Geert Uytterhoeven <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-renesas-soc
Message-ID <CAMuHMdV+wsQQSjPkdfegoGtkAfqSxzb2V2Z12-h8ZpqDgNEW4g@mail.gmail.com>
On Sat, 18 Jul 2026 at 20:24, Wolfram Sang
<[email protected]> wrote:
> With the upcoming hwspinlock support for this driver, mfis_write() can
> also be accessed from atomic contexts. Convert the spinlock guarding the
> unprotect register to a raw_spinlock, so we will avoid potential
> deadlocks with preempt_rt.
>
> Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <[email protected]>

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <[email protected]>
i.e. will queue in renesas-devel for v7.4.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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