linux-kernel - Re: [Outreachy kernel] [PATCH] Staging: ccree: Don't use volatile for monitor

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Date:   Mon, 11 Sep 2017 18:03:02 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
To:     Srishti Sharma <srishtishar@...il.com>
cc:     gilad@...yossef.com, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        driverdev-devel@...uxdriverproject.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, outreachy-kernel@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [Outreachy kernel] [PATCH] Staging: ccree: Don't use volatile
 for monitor_lock



On Mon, 11 Sep 2017, Srishti Sharma wrote:

> The use of volatile for the variable monitor_lock is unnecessary.

You need to give more evidence of why this is the case.  How is the
variable used?  I guess this comes from checkpatch, but checkpatch has
only a local view of things, and doesn't know how the variable is used.

julia

>
> Signed-off-by: Srishti Sharma <srishtishar@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/ccree/ssi_request_mgr.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/ccree/ssi_request_mgr.c b/drivers/staging/ccree/ssi_request_mgr.c
> index e5c2f92..7d77941 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/ccree/ssi_request_mgr.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/ccree/ssi_request_mgr.c
> @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ struct ssi_request_mgr_handle {
>  	dma_addr_t dummy_comp_buff_dma;
>  	struct cc_hw_desc monitor_desc;
>
> -	volatile unsigned long monitor_lock;
> +	unsigned long monitor_lock;
>  #ifdef COMP_IN_WQ
>  	struct workqueue_struct *workq;
>  	struct delayed_work compwork;
> --
> 2.7.4
>
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