On Fri 2006-10-13 20:32:48, Burman Yan wrote:
> >From: Luca Tettamanti <[email protected]>
> >Burman Yan <[email protected]> ha scritto:
> >> I would like to hear your remarks on this version.
> >
> >> +static ssize_t mdps_calibrate_store(struct device *dev,
> >> + struct device_attribute *attr, const char *buf,
> >size_t count)
> >> +{
> >> + mdps_calibrate_mouse();
> >> + return count;
> >> +}
> >
> >No locking here?
>
> I don't want to lock it here, since the mouse polling kthread is heavy as
> it is.
> I'd rather report a wrong value of mouse position while recalibrating.
> The way I see it, if you're recalibrating your mouse, chances are you're
> not playing at the same precise millisecond. In my opinion it's worth more
> battery life.
Hmm, and are you sure it can't oops or something?
Pavel
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