linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mmc: dw_mmc: remove repetitive clear interrupt

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Date:	Tue, 26 Jan 2016 08:40:40 +0800
From:	Shawn Lin <shawn.lin@...k-chips.com>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	shawn.lin@...k-chips.com, Jaehoon Chung <jh80.chung@...sung.com>,
	Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>,
	linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mmc: dw_mmc: remove repetitive clear interrupt

On 2016/1/25 16:55, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Monday 25 January 2016 12:56:25 Shawn Lin wrote:
>> On 2016/1/25 12:14, Jaehoon Chung wrote:
>>> Hi, Shawn.
>>>
>>> On 01/25/2016 10:13 AM, Shawn Lin wrote:
>>>> This patch remove repetitive clear interrupt while
>>>> probing dw_mmc.
>>>
>>> Could you explain to me more?
>>
>> yes, it's a trivial improvement.
>>
>> dw_mci_probe clear interrupt and disable all interrupt firstly.
>> Then commit 2da1d7f2 add a new clear-interrupt operation before
>> enable some interrupt. I can't see any reason to clear it twice
>> here. No any side effect I had found in my test pattern without this
>> . May I miss some important case?
>>
>
> The explanation should go into the patch description to explain why
> it is done. The one sentence "This patch remove repetitive clear
> interrupt while probing dw_mmc" that you wrote instead can be
> removed, it just repeats the patch subject.
>

Hi Arnd

Thanks for sharing that. I will respin v2 to add this into commit-msg.

> 	Arnd
>
>
>


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Best Regards
Shawn Lin