linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] iommu/vt-d: Don't set then immediately clear in prq_event

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Date:   Thu, 18 Mar 2021 11:10:07 +0100
From:   Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>
To:     Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>, ashok.raj@...el.com,
        kevin.tian@...el.com, jacob.jun.pan@...el.com, yi.l.liu@...el.com,
        sanjay.k.kumar@...el.com, iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] iommu/vt-d: Don't set then immediately clear in
 prq_event_thread()

Hi Baolu,

On Tue, Mar 09, 2021 at 08:46:41AM +0800, Lu Baolu wrote:
> The private data field of a page group response descriptor is set then
> immediately cleared in prq_event_thread(). Fix this by moving clearing
> code up.
> 
> Fixes: 5b438f4ba315d ("iommu/vt-d: Support page request in scalable mode")
> Cc: Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@...ux.intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Liu Yi L <yi.l.liu@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com>

Does this fix an actual bug? If so, please state it in the commit
message and also fix the subject line to state what is set/cleared.

Thanks,

	Joerg