Hi Valentin,

could you please decribe in short words, why you think, that hte lock
isn't obsolete?

I wasn't sure, but close to remove the lock. That's why I putted the
comment.

Thanks,

Marcus

Am 23.03.2018 um 10:47 schrieb Valentin Vidic:
> Removes TODO for tx_fifo_lock as tx_fifo is modified from
> both pi433_tx_thread and pi433_write.
> 
> Fixes checkpatch warning:
> 
>   CHECK: struct mutex definition without comment
> 
> Signed-off-by: Valentin Vidic <valentin.vi...@carnet.hr>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/pi433/pi433_if.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/pi433/pi433_if.c 
> b/drivers/staging/pi433/pi433_if.c
> index d1e0ddbc79ce..f6f106a3ff8e 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/pi433/pi433_if.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/pi433/pi433_if.c
> @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ struct pi433_device {
>  
>       /* tx related values */
>       STRUCT_KFIFO_REC_1(MSG_FIFO_SIZE) tx_fifo;
> -     struct mutex            tx_fifo_lock; // TODO: check, whether necessary 
> or obsolete
> +     struct mutex            tx_fifo_lock; /* serialize access to tx_fifo */
>       struct task_struct      *tx_task_struct;
>       wait_queue_head_t       tx_wait_queue;
>       u8                      free_in_fifo;
> @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ struct pi433_device {
>       u32                     rx_bytes_to_drop;
>       u32                     rx_bytes_dropped;
>       unsigned int            rx_position;
> -     struct mutex            rx_lock;
> +     struct mutex            rx_lock; /* serialize read requests */
>       wait_queue_head_t       rx_wait_queue;
>  
>       /* fifo wait queue */
> 

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Geschäftsführer: Marcus Wolf

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