linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv2 0/3] Enable no_cache flag to driver

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Date:   Thu, 25 May 2017 15:43:13 -0700
From:   "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...nel.org>
To:     "Li, Yi" <yi1.li@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     atull@...nel.org, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Daniel Wagner <wagi@...om.org>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>, rafal@...ecki.pl,
        Arend Van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@...adcom.com>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Moritz Fischer <moritz.fischer@...us.com>,
        Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>,
        Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@...el.com>,
        Luciano Coelho <luciano.coelho@...el.com>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        "AKASHI, Takahiro" <takahiro.akashi@...aro.org>,
        David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        Peter Jones <pjones@...hat.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-fpga@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 0/3] Enable no_cache flag to driver_data

On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 3:30 PM, Li, Yi <yi1.li@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> This patch is for "disabling the cache" for streaming and iwlwifi case,
> adding the test to verify the cache function should be a separate patch,
> right? I can look more into the cache part.

How can we know cache was disabled without first testing what having
cache enabled could be like ?

  Luis