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diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-samsung/include/plat/gpio-core.h b/arch/arm/plat-samsung/include/plat/gpio-core.h
index f0584f26d493..f3a68d1a07b9 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-samsung/include/plat/gpio-core.h
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-samsung/include/plat/gpio-core.h
@@ -44,16 +44,26 @@ struct s3c_gpio_cfg;
* @chip: The chip structure to be exported via gpiolib.
* @base: The base pointer to the gpio configuration registers.
* @config: special function and pull-resistor control information.
+ * @lock: Lock for exclusive access to this gpio bank.
* @pm_save: Save information for suspend/resume support.
*
* This wrapper provides the necessary information for the Samsung
* specific gpios being registered with gpiolib.
+ *
+ * The lock protects each gpio bank from multiple access of the shared
+ * configuration registers, or from reading of data whilst another thread
+ * is writing to the register set.
+ *
+ * Each chip has its own lock to avoid any contention between different
+ * CPU cores trying to get one lock for different GPIO banks, where each
+ * bank of GPIO has its own register space and configuration registers.
*/
struct s3c_gpio_chip {
struct gpio_chip chip;
struct s3c_gpio_cfg *config;
struct s3c_gpio_pm *pm;
void __iomem *base;
+ spinlock_t lock;
#ifdef CONFIG_PM
u32 pm_save[4];
#endif
@@ -138,3 +148,7 @@ extern struct s3c_gpio_pm s3c_gpio_pm_4bit;
#define __gpio_pm(x) NULL
#endif /* CONFIG_PM */
+
+/* locking wrappers to deal with multiple access to the same gpio bank */
+#define s3c_gpio_lock(_oc, _fl) spin_lock_irqsave(&(_oc)->lock, _fl)
+#define s3c_gpio_unlock(_oc, _fl) spin_unlock_irqrestore(&(_oc)->lock, _fl)