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-rw-r--r--drivers/media/dvb/frontends/stv090x.c9
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/stv090x.c b/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/stv090x.c
index a461fdff2c9..425e7a43ae1 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/stv090x.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/stv090x.c
@@ -758,6 +758,15 @@ static int stv090x_i2c_gate_ctrl(struct stv090x_state *state, int enable)
{
u32 reg;
+ /*
+ * NOTE! A lock is used as a FSM to control the state in which
+ * access is serialized between two tuners on the same demod.
+ * This has nothing to do with a lock to protect a critical section
+ * which may in some other cases be confused with protecting I/O
+ * access to the demodulator gate.
+ * In case of any error, the lock is unlocked and exit within the
+ * relevant operations themselves.
+ */
if (enable)
mutex_lock(&state->internal->tuner_lock);