19 Dec
2018
19 Dec
'18
11:45 a.m.
On 11/5/2018 4:45 PM, Mark Brown wrote:
On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 09:24:10PM +0000, Agrawal, Akshu wrote:
+/* Lock to protect access to registers */ +static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(lock);
Why is this a global variable and not a part of the driver structure? Is there some interaction between multiple instances?
Yes, this lock is used to protect registers which are common to multiple instances and can cause issue in cases such as simultaneous playback and capture.
Thanks, Akshu