linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/5] Support hot-unbind in IOAT

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Message-ID: <20191224045004.GI2536@vkoul-mobl>
Date:   Tue, 24 Dec 2019 10:20:04 +0530
From:   Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>
To:     Logan Gunthorpe <logang@...tatee.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dmaengine@...r.kernel.org,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@...el.com>, Kit Chow <kchow@...aio.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] Support hot-unbind in IOAT

On 16-12-19, 12:01, Logan Gunthorpe wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> This patchset creates some common infrastructure which I will use in the
> next version of the PLX driver. It adds a reference count to the
> dma_device struct which is taken and released every time a channel
> is allocated or freed. A call back is used to allow the driver to
> free the underlying memory and do any final cleanup.
> 
> For a use-case, I've adjusted the ioat driver to properly support
> hot-unbind. The driver was already pretty close as it already had
> a shutdown state; so it mostly only required freeing the memory
> correctly and calling ioat_shutdown at the correct time.

I didnt find anything else (apart from one change i pointed), so I have
applied this and will fix the comment. No point in delaying this

-- 
~Vinod