linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 06/14] PCI/P2PDMA: Add P2P DMA driver writer's documentation

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Message-ID: <9e20024d-8b32-61ff-4b9a-c9392082987f@deltatee.com>
Date:   Tue, 22 May 2018 15:28:19 -0600
From:   Logan Gunthorpe <logang@...tatee.com>
To:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Stephen Bates <sbates@...thlin.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        Keith Busch <keith.busch@...el.com>,
        Sagi Grimberg <sagi@...mberg.me>,
        Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...lanox.com>,
        Max Gurtovoy <maxg@...lanox.com>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Jérôme Glisse <jglisse@...hat.com>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>,
        Christian König <christian.koenig@....com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 06/14] PCI/P2PDMA: Add P2P DMA driver writer's
 documentation

Thanks for the review Randy! I'll make the changes for the next time we
post the series.

On 22/05/18 03:24 PM, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> +The first task an orchestrator driver must do is compile a list of
>> +all client drivers that will be involved in a given transaction. For
>> +example, the NVMe Target driver creates a list including all NVMe drives
>                                                                      ^^^^^^
>                                                                    or drivers ?
> Could be either, I guess, but the previous sentence says "compile a list of drivers."

I did mean "drives". But perhaps "devices" would be more clear. A list
of all NVMe drivers doesn't make much sense as I'm pretty sure there is
only one NVMe driver.

Logan