linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 04/10] dmatest: move dmatest_channels and nr_channels to dmatest

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Date:	Tue, 05 Mar 2013 11:19:01 +0200
From:	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@...el.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/10] dmatest: move dmatest_channels and nr_channels to
 dmatest_info

On Tue, 2013-03-05 at 17:12 +0800, Viresh Kumar wrote: 
> On 4 March 2013 17:09, Andy Shevchenko
> <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> > We don't need to have them global and later we would like to protect access to
> > them as well.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/dma/dmatest.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++-------------
> >  1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/dma/dmatest.c b/drivers/dma/dmatest.c
> > index 7f9e3cc..475a21a 100644
> > --- a/drivers/dma/dmatest.c
> > +++ b/drivers/dma/dmatest.c
> > @@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ struct dmatest_chan {
> >   * @timeout:           transfer timeout in msec, -1 for infinite timeout
> >   */
> >  struct dmatest_info {
> > +       /* Test parameters */
> >         unsigned int    buf_size;
> >         char            channel[20];
> >         char            device[20];
> > @@ -118,17 +119,14 @@ struct dmatest_info {
> >         unsigned int    xor_sources;
> >         unsigned int    pq_sources;
> >         int             timeout;
> > +
> > +       /* Internal state */
> > +       struct list_head        channels;
> > +       unsigned int            nr_channels;
> >  };
> 
> Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
> 
> What about merging this patch with the patch which added this structure.

As I said in cover letter I believe that few patches could be merged,
but I would like to discuss the main point first.


-- 
Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Intel Finland Oy
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