drivers/gpio/pca953x.c: add a mutex to fix race condition
authorRoland Stigge <stigge@antcom.de>
Thu, 10 Feb 2011 23:01:23 +0000 (15:01 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Sat, 12 Feb 2011 00:12:20 +0000 (16:12 -0800)
Add a mutex to register communication and handling.  Without the mutex,
GPIOs didn't switch as expected when toggled in a fast sequence of
status changes of multiple outputs.

Signed-off-by: Roland Stigge <stigge@antcom.de>
Acked-by: Eric Miao <eric.y.miao@gmail.com>
Cc: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>
Cc: Marc Zyngier <maz@misterjones.org>
Cc: Ben Gardner <bgardner@wabtec.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

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