X-Git-Url: http://git.cascardo.info/?p=cascardo%2Flinux.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fdevicetree%2Fchangesets.txt;h=cb488eeb635372e09ecb2db906c0cdafc1551158;hp=935ba5acc34e6c41b1ba630dd252f9e98c11559c;hb=b2edcdae3d9a29b25f6c161a8711caa74ce49991;hpb=5e0f872c7d7e371fbdf09e864eddd24bddfda8fe diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/changesets.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/changesets.txt index 935ba5acc34e..cb488eeb6353 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/changesets.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/changesets.txt @@ -21,20 +21,11 @@ a set of changes. No changes to the active tree are made at this point. All the change operations are recorded in the of_changeset 'entries' list. -3. mutex_lock(of_mutex) - starts a changeset; The global of_mutex -ensures there can only be one editor at a time. - -4. of_changeset_apply() - Apply the changes to the tree. Either the +3. of_changeset_apply() - Apply the changes to the tree. Either the entire changeset will get applied, or if there is an error the tree will -be restored to the previous state - -5. mutex_unlock(of_mutex) - All operations complete, release the mutex +be restored to the previous state. The core ensures proper serialization +through locking. An unlocked version __of_changeset_apply is available, +if needed. If a successfully applied changeset needs to be removed, it can be done -with the following sequence. - -1. mutex_lock(of_mutex) - -2. of_changeset_revert() - -3. mutex_unlock(of_mutex) +with of_changeset_revert().