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[v2,4/7,media] rc-ir-raw: do not generate any receiving thread for raw transmitters

Message ID 20160901171629.15422-5-andi.shyti@samsung.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Commit Message

Andi Shyti Sept. 1, 2016, 5:16 p.m. UTC 
Raw IR transmitters do not need any thread listening for
occurring events. Check the driver type before running the
thread.

Signed-off-by: Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@samsung.com>
---
 drivers/media/rc/rc-ir-raw.c | 17 ++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/rc-ir-raw.c b/drivers/media/rc/rc-ir-raw.c
index 144304c..64ddc3d 100644
--- a/drivers/media/rc/rc-ir-raw.c
+++ b/drivers/media/rc/rc-ir-raw.c
@@ -274,12 +274,19 @@  int ir_raw_event_register(struct rc_dev *dev)
 	INIT_KFIFO(dev->raw->kfifo);
 
 	spin_lock_init(&dev->raw->lock);
-	dev->raw->thread = kthread_run(ir_raw_event_thread, dev->raw,
-				       "rc%u", dev->minor);
 
-	if (IS_ERR(dev->raw->thread)) {
-		rc = PTR_ERR(dev->raw->thread);
-		goto out;
+	/*
+	 * raw transmitters do not need any event registration
+	 * because the event is coming from userspace
+	 */
+	if (dev->driver_type != RC_DRIVER_IR_RAW_TX) {
+		dev->raw->thread = kthread_run(ir_raw_event_thread, dev->raw,
+					       "rc%u", dev->minor);
+
+		if (IS_ERR(dev->raw->thread)) {
+			rc = PTR_ERR(dev->raw->thread);
+			goto out;
+		}
 	}
 
 	mutex_lock(&ir_raw_handler_lock);