linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 15/16] mmc: tmio: clear force_pio flag before starting data transfer

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Message-ID: <20180304223913.ywpg2dohalxj53uf@ninjato>
Date:   Sun, 4 Mar 2018 23:39:13 +0100
From:   Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
Cc:     linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org,
        Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com>,
        Ulf Magnusson <ulfalizer@...il.com>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Simon Horman <horms+renesas@...ge.net.au>,
        Yoshihiro Shimoda <yoshihiro.shimoda.uh@...esas.com>,
        linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 15/16] mmc: tmio: clear force_pio flag before starting
 data transfer

On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 01:28:15AM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> Currently, force_pio is cleared when the driver exits.  Then, it
> resulted in clearing it in multiple places since MMC drivers in
> general have multiple exit points.
> 
>  tmio_mmc_reset_work - bails out on timeout
>  tmio_process_mrq - error out when it cannot send a command
>  tmio_mmc_finish_request - successful exit
> 
> This is error-prone since we may miss to cover all bail-out points.
> 
> To simplify the code, the data structure should be initialized just
> before used since we have a single entrance.  force_pio is only used
> for data transfer, so tmio_mmc_start_data() will be a suitable place
> to clear this flag.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>

Reviewed-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com>


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