linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/4] IB: add dmabarrier to ib_umem

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Date:	Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:07:43 -0800
From:	Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>
To:	akepner@....com
Cc:	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	Grant Grundler <grundler@...isc-linux.org>,
	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>,
	Jes Sorensen <jes@....com>,
	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Muli Ben-Yehuda <muli@...ibm.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] IB: add dmabarrier to ib_umem_get() prototype

 > diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/umem.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/umem.c
 > index 4e3128f..5b00408 100644
 > --- a/drivers/infiniband/core/umem.c
 > +++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/umem.c
 > @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ static void __ib_umem_release(struct ib_device *dev, struct ib_umem *umem, int d
 >   * @access: IB_ACCESS_xxx flags for memory being pinned
 >   */
 >  struct ib_umem *ib_umem_get(struct ib_ucontext *context, unsigned long addr,
 > -			    size_t size, int access)
 > +			    size_t size, int access, int dmabarrier)
 >  {
 >  	struct ib_umem *umem;
 >  	struct page **page_list;

Two problems here, one major: this doesn't actually do anything with
the dmabarrier parameter, and one minor: it also doesn't add any
documentation for the parameter to the comment before the function.

 - R.
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