On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 4:06 PM, Jarod Wilson <ja...@wilsonet.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 4:29 PM, David Härdeman <da...@hardeman.nu> wrote:
>> This patch moves the state from each raw decoder into the
>> ir_raw_event_ctrl struct.
>>
>> This allows the removal of code like this:
>>
>> spin_lock(&decoder_lock);
>> list_for_each_entry(data, &decoder_list, list) {
>> if (data->ir_dev == ir_dev)
>> break;
>> }
>> spin_unlock(&decoder_lock);
>> return data;
>>
>> which is currently run for each decoder on each event in order
>> to get the client-specific decoding state data.
>>
>> In addition, ir decoding modules and ir driver module load
>> order is now independent. Centralizing the data also allows
>> for a nice code reduction of about 30% per raw decoder as
>> client lists and client registration callbacks are no longer
>> necessary (but still kept around for the benefit of the lirc
>> decoder).
>>
>> Out-of-tree modules can still use a similar trick to what
>> the raw decoders did before this patch until they are merged.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: David Härdeman <da...@hardeman.nu>
>
> Acked-by: Jarod Wilson <ja...@redhat.com>
> Tested-by: Jarod Wilson <ja...@redhat.com>
>
> Note that I was running a version rebased atop the linuxtv staging/rc
> branch though.
Which can be seen here:
http://git.wilsonet.com//linux-2.6-ir-wip.git?a=commitdiff;h=faee132179abe884a6e995acb1f5106cb2d5afa2
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