---

yaml
---
r: 268565
b: refs/heads/master
c: 0b1076c
h: refs/heads/master
i:
  268563: b98f78d
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: b414e2eb3a487c901c6e0c515753fc0905784eac
+refs/heads/master: 0b1076c4b2a06e517fafbb2b4704f23e69b05386

trunk/drivers/staging/nvec/nvec.c

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include <asm/irq.h>
 
+#include <linux/atomic.h>
 #include <linux/completion.h>
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
 #include <linux/io.h>
@@ -91,6 +92,28 @@ static int nvec_status_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb,
 	return NOTIFY_OK;
 }
 
+static struct nvec_msg *nvec_msg_alloc(struct nvec_chip *nvec)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < NVEC_POOL_SIZE; i++) {
+		if (atomic_xchg(&nvec->msg_pool[i].used, 1) == 0) {
+			dev_vdbg(nvec->dev, "INFO: Allocate %i\n", i);
+			return &nvec->msg_pool[i];
+		}
+	}
+
+	dev_err(nvec->dev, "could not allocate buffer\n");
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static void nvec_msg_free(struct nvec_chip *nvec, struct nvec_msg *msg)
+{
+	dev_vdbg(nvec->dev, "INFO: Free %ti\n", msg - nvec->msg_pool);
+	atomic_set(&msg->used, 0);
+}
+
 void nvec_write_async(struct nvec_chip *nvec, const unsigned char *data,
 			short size)
 {

trunk/drivers/staging/nvec/nvec.h

@@ -16,9 +16,13 @@
 #ifndef __LINUX_MFD_NVEC
 #define __LINUX_MFD_NVEC
 
+#include <linux/atomic.h>
 #include <linux/notifier.h>
 #include <linux/semaphore.h>
 
+/* NVEC_POOL_SIZE - Size of the pool in &struct nvec_msg */
+#define NVEC_POOL_SIZE	64
+
 typedef enum {
 	NVEC_2BYTES,
 	NVEC_3BYTES,
@@ -52,6 +56,7 @@ struct nvec_msg {
 	unsigned short size;
 	unsigned short pos;
 	struct list_head node;
+	atomic_t used;
 };
 
 struct nvec_subdev {
@@ -78,6 +83,7 @@ struct nvec_chip {
 	struct notifier_block nvec_status_notifier;
 	struct work_struct rx_work, tx_work;
 	struct nvec_msg *rx, *tx;
+	struct nvec_msg msg_pool[NVEC_POOL_SIZE];
 
 	/* sync write stuff */
 	struct semaphore sync_write_mutex;