i2c: Prevent priority inversion on top of bus lock
Low priority thread holding the i2c bus mutex could block higher
priority threads to access the bus resulting in unacceptable
latencies. Change the mutex type to rt_mutex preventing priority
inversion.
Tested-by: Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@nokia.com>
Signed-off-by: Mika Kuoppala <mika.kuoppala@nokia.com>
Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/Kconfig b/drivers/i2c/Kconfig
index d7ece13..8d8a00e 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/i2c/Kconfig
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
menuconfig I2C
tristate "I2C support"
depends on HAS_IOMEM
+ select RT_MUTEXES
---help---
I2C (pronounce: I-square-C) is a slow serial bus protocol used in
many micro controller applications and developed by Philips. SMBus,