mlock *must* be used by core and drivers to protect access
to devices state changes.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Baluta <daniel.bal...@intel.com>
---
At a first glance there are few places where access to iio_dev
state changes are done without mlock protection. Will fix them
with follow up patches.

 include/linux/iio/iio.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/iio/iio.h b/include/linux/iio/iio.h
index b589411..ce9e9c1 100644
--- a/include/linux/iio/iio.h
+++ b/include/linux/iio/iio.h
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ struct iio_buffer_setup_ops {
  * @buffer:            [DRIVER] any buffer present
  * @buffer_list:       [INTERN] list of all buffers currently attached
  * @scan_bytes:                [INTERN] num bytes captured to be fed to buffer 
demux
- * @mlock:             [INTERN] lock used to prevent simultaneous device state
+ * @mlock:             [DRIVER] lock used to prevent simultaneous device state
  *                     changes
  * @available_scan_masks: [DRIVER] optional array of allowed bitmasks
  * @masklength:                [INTERN] the length of the mask established from
-- 
2.5.0

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