linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/5] virtio-gpu: add virtio_gpu_queue_ctrl_buffer

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Date:	Thu, 10 Sep 2015 16:04:48 +0200
From:	Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@...hat.com>
To:	Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov@...il.com>
Cc:	ML dri-devel <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
	open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"open list:VIRTIO GPU DRIVER" 
	<virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] virtio-gpu: add virtio_gpu_queue_ctrl_buffer_nolock

On Do, 2015-09-10 at 09:39 +0100, Emil Velikov wrote:
> Hi Gerd,
> 
> On 9 September 2015 at 12:42, Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@...hat.com> wrote:
> > Add virtio_gpu_queue_ctrl_buffer_nolock function, which does the same as
> > virtio_gpu_queue_ctrl_buffer but does not take the virtqueue lock.  The
> > caller must hold the lock instead.
> >
> The drm subsystem tends to use *_locked and *_unlocked suffixes. With
> the latter being less common.
> Not a big deal but perhaps you can use one of those for virtio ?

_locked looks correct for this case to me (looking at drm_vm_close +
drm_vm_close_locked to compare).  I'll change it.

cheers,
  Gerd


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