linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] Correctness fixes for NFIT BLK I/O path

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Date:	Thu, 09 Jul 2015 00:24:14 +0200
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
To:	Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>, Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org,
	Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Correctness fixes for NFIT BLK I/O path

On Wednesday, July 08, 2015 10:00:18 AM Ross Zwisler wrote:
> Patch 1 is just a quick update to MAINTAINERS for include/linux/pmem.h.
> 
> Patches 2 and 3 in this series contain correctness fixes for the NFIT BLK I/O
> path, which in my opinion need to be pulled in for v4.2.  These fixes include
> making sure that the block control registers are properly flushed before the
> associated apertures are accessed, which is necessary for proper operation.
> This series also updates the I/O path to use non-temporal stores, and to
> respect the "latch" flag outlined in the DSM specification.
> 
> Ross Zwisler (3):
>   pmem: add maintainer for include/linux/pmem.h
>   nfit: update block I/O path to use PMEM API
>   nfit: add support for NVDIMM "latch" flag
> 
>  MAINTAINERS         |   1 +
>  drivers/acpi/nfit.c | 114 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>  drivers/acpi/nfit.h |  16 +++++++-
>  3 files changed, 125 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

No objections from me and I'm assuming Dan to be taking these.

Thanks,
Rafael

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