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From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Sujeev Dias <sdias@codeaurora.org>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org,
	devicetree@vger.kernel.org, Tony Truong <truong@codeaurora.org>,
	Siddartha Mohanadoss <smohanad@codeaurora.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/7] mhi_bus: core: add support for data transfer
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2018 08:29:07 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180710062907.GB892@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1531166894-30984-4-git-send-email-sdias@codeaurora.org>

On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 01:08:10PM -0700, Sujeev Dias wrote:
> +static void mhi_add_ring_element(struct mhi_controller *mhi_cntrl,
> +				 struct mhi_ring *ring)
> +{
> +	ring->wp += ring->el_size;
> +	if (ring->wp >= (ring->base + ring->len))
> +		ring->wp = ring->base;
> +	/* smp update */
> +	smp_wmb();

Why do this?  You need to comment the heck out of odd stuff like this.

Also, why are you using your own ring buffer code?  What's wrong with
the code that is in the kernel already for this type of thing?

thanks,

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2018-07-10  6:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 47+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-04-27  2:23 MHI initial design review Sujeev Dias
2018-04-27  2:23 ` [PATCH v1 1/4] mhi_bus: core: Add support for MHI host interface Sujeev Dias
2018-04-27  7:22   ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-04-28 14:28     ` Sujeev Dias
2018-04-28 15:50       ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-04-27  7:23   ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-04-27 12:18   ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-04-28 16:08     ` Sujeev Dias
2018-04-28  0:28   ` kbuild test robot
2018-04-28  2:52   ` kbuild test robot
2018-05-03 19:21   ` Pavel Machek
2018-05-04  3:05     ` Sujeev Dias
2018-06-22 23:03   ` Randy Dunlap
2018-04-27  2:23 ` [PATCH v1 2/4] mhi_bus: controller: MHI support for QCOM modems Sujeev Dias
2018-04-27 11:32   ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-04-28 15:40     ` Sujeev Dias
2018-04-28  3:05   ` kbuild test robot
2018-04-28  3:12   ` kbuild test robot
2018-04-27  2:23 ` [PATCH v1 3/4] mhi_bus: dev: netdev: add network interface driver Sujeev Dias
2018-04-27 11:19   ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-04-28 15:25     ` Sujeev Dias
2018-04-27  2:23 ` [PATCH v1 4/4] mhi_bus: dev: uci: add user space " Sujeev Dias
2018-04-27 11:36   ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-04-28  1:03   ` kbuild test robot
2018-04-28  5:16   ` [PATCH] mhi_bus: dev: uci: fix semicolon.cocci warnings kbuild test robot
2018-04-28  5:16   ` [PATCH v1 4/4] mhi_bus: dev: uci: add user space interface driver kbuild test robot
2018-07-09 20:08 ` MHI code review Sujeev Dias
2018-07-09 20:08   ` [PATCH v2 1/7] mhi_bus: core: initial checkin for modem host interface bus driver Sujeev Dias
2018-07-09 20:50     ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-07-09 20:52     ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-07-10  6:36     ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-07-11 19:30     ` Rob Herring
2018-08-09 18:39     ` Randy Dunlap
2018-07-09 20:08   ` [PATCH v2 2/7] mhi_bus: core: add power management support Sujeev Dias
2018-07-09 20:08   ` [PATCH v2 3/7] mhi_bus: core: add support for data transfer Sujeev Dias
2018-07-10  6:29     ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
2018-07-09 20:08   ` [PATCH v2 4/7] mhi_bus: core: add support for handling ioctl cmds Sujeev Dias
2018-07-09 20:08   ` [PATCH v2 5/7] mhi_bus: core: add support to get external modem time Sujeev Dias
2018-07-11 19:32     ` Rob Herring
2018-08-09 20:17     ` Randy Dunlap
2018-07-09 20:08   ` [PATCH v2 6/7] mhi_bus: controller: MHI support for QCOM modems Sujeev Dias
2018-07-11 19:36     ` Rob Herring
2018-07-09 20:08   ` [PATCH v2 7/7] mhi_bus: dev: uci: add user space interface driver Sujeev Dias
2019-04-30 15:10   ` MHI code review Daniele Palmas
2019-06-12 17:54     ` Sujeev Dias
2019-06-12 20:58       ` Daniele Palmas
2019-06-12 18:00     ` Sujeev Dias

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