linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 2/2] net: Adding support for Cavium ThunderX network controller

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Date:	Mon, 18 May 2015 19:52:30 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	ddaney@...iumnetworks.com
Cc:	aleksey.makarov@...iga.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, david.daney@...ium.com,
	sgoutham@...ium.com, mjc@...ihalf.com,
	ganapatrao.kulkarni@...iumnetworks.com, tomasz.nowicki@...aro.org,
	rrichter@...ium.com, kamil@...ihalf.com,
	tsrinivasulu@...iumnetworks.com, svangala@...ium.com,
	rric@...nel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 2/2] net: Adding support for Cavium
 ThunderX network controller

From: David Daney <ddaney@...iumnetworks.com>
Date: Mon, 18 May 2015 14:52:30 -0700

> As I see it there are two options:
> 
> 1) Keep the writeq_relaxed()/readq_relaxed(), but add a comment about
> why they are safe.
> 
> 2) Change the patch so that we are using writeq()/readq() and suffer a
> decrease in performance.

I want a detailed comment added, so #1 would be my choice.

There are more than one set of register accessors, so make sure you
annotate them all.

Thanks.

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