linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 1/4] can: m_can: move Message RAM initialization to function

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Message-ID: <20170516080049.4fvo4hkj4e6v7r3v@piout.net>
Date:   Tue, 16 May 2017 10:00:49 +0200
From:   Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>
To:     Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@...tkopp.net>
Cc:     Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@...gutronix.de>,
        Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz@...e-electrons.com>,
        wg@...ndegger.com, mario.huettel@....net,
        linux-can@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/4] can: m_can: move Message RAM initialization to
 function

Hi,

On 15/05/2017 at 20:51:30 -0700, Oliver Hartkopp wrote:
> On 05/15/2017 06:50 AM, Marc Kleine-Budde wrote:
> > On 05/12/2017 08:37 AM, Quentin Schulz wrote:
> > > On 05/05/2017 15:50, Quentin Schulz wrote:
> > > > To avoid possible ECC/parity checksum errors when reading an
> > > > uninitialized buffer, the entire Message RAM is initialized when probing
> > > > the driver. This initialization is done in the same function reading the
> > > > Device Tree properties.
> > > > 
> > > > This patch moves the RAM initialization to a separate function so it can
> > > > be called separately from device initialization from Device Tree.
> > > > 
> > > > Signed-off-by: Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz@...e-electrons.com>
> > > 
> > > It's been a week since I sent this patch series. Any comments?
> > 
> > Looks good, added to linux-can-next.
> 
> Isn't this a fix for linux-can instead?
> 
> At least it would make no sense to me to have the upgraded M_CAN driver in
> Linux 4.12 without this fix.
> 

The related suspend mode on the sama5d2 is not present in v4.12 so I
think this can wait v4.13.

-- 
Alexandre Belloni, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
http://free-electrons.com