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

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Date:   Tue, 24 Dec 2019 19:25:39 -0700
From:   Logan Gunthorpe <logang@...tatee.com>
To:     Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>
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 2019-12-23 9:50 p.m., Vinod Koul wrote:
> 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

Great, thanks!

Logan