linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 4/7] scsi: ufs: Remove two WB related fields from struct ufs_dev

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Date:   Wed, 16 Dec 2020 12:15:06 +0800
From:   Stanley Chu <stanley.chu@...iatek.com>
To:     Bean Huo <huobean@...il.com>
CC:     <alim.akhtar@...sung.com>, <avri.altman@....com>,
        <asutoshd@...eaurora.org>, <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>,
        <martin.petersen@...cle.com>, <beanhuo@...ron.com>,
        <bvanassche@....org>, <tomas.winkler@...el.com>,
        <cang@...eaurora.org>, <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 4/7] scsi: ufs: Remove two WB related fields from
 struct ufs_dev_info

On Wed, 2020-12-16 at 00:05 +0100, Bean Huo wrote:
> From: Bean Huo <beanhuo@...ron.com>
> 
> d_wb_alloc_units and d_ext_ufs_feature_sup only be used while WB probe.
> They are just used to confirm the condition that "if bWriteBoosterBufferType
> is set to 01h but dNumSharedWriteBoosterBufferAllocUnits is set to zero,
> the WriteBooster feature is disabled", and if UFS device supports WB.
> After that, no user uses them any more. So, don't need to keep time in
> runtime.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bean Huo <beanhuo@...ron.com>

Reviewed-by: Stanley Chu <stanley.chu@...iatek.com>