[alsa-devel] [PATCH - try2] ASoC: TPA6130A2 amplifier driver

[ext-Eero.Nurkkala at nokia.com]

>> During the tpa6130a2_i2c_write, you read the data->power_state, that
>> may change it's state meanwhile (preempted). Thus, I suggest you using
>> the mutex to cover all i2c writes. (and all tpa read <-> write cycles,
>> so that things are consistent?)
>>
>> A call to tpa6130a2_power() -> preemted over somewhere here, you may
>> have i2c accesses to a chip that's not powered up?
>
> Well it is very unlikely that something like this could ever happen since the
> tpa6130a2_channel_enable and the tpa6130a2_power is called when DAPM is
> enabling/disabling the path. I think in a middle of enable or disable there
> should not be any opposite operation running in DAPM...
> 
> But better to be safe: I can add the mutex_lock, unlock pair.
> 
> I'll wait for more comments and address this one as well.
> 
> --
> Péter

Right, sorry I read the patch too fast =) So I guess it's ok like it was. However,
I'll put sleep(n)'s in the problematic places and verify it's 100% ok one of 
these weeks.

- Eero