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Message-ID: <ZBLqp5rV48l1I+E+@corigine.com>
Date:   Thu, 16 Mar 2023 11:08:39 +0100
From:   Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>
To:     Markus Schneider-Pargmann <msp@...libre.com>
Cc:     Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@...gutronix.de>,
        Chandrasekar Ramakrishnan <rcsekar@...sung.com>,
        Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@...ndegger.com>,
        Vincent MAILHOL <mailhol.vincent@...adoo.fr>,
        linux-can@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 11/16] can: m_can: Cache tx putidx

On Thu, Mar 16, 2023 at 10:55:00AM +0100, Simon Horman wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 12:05:41PM +0100, Markus Schneider-Pargmann wrote:
> > m_can_tx_handler is the only place where data is written to the tx fifo.
> > We can calculate the putidx in the driver code here to avoid the
> > dependency on the txfqs register.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Markus Schneider-Pargmann <msp@...libre.com>

Nit in my previous email (which I hit send on a little too soon)
not withstanding,

Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>

FWIIW, I am taking a pause in my review now.

...

> > diff --git a/drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can.h b/drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can.h
> > index d0c21eddb6ec..548ae908ac4e 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can.h
> > +++ b/drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can.h
> > @@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ struct m_can_classdev {
> >  	u32 tx_max_coalesced_frames_irq;
> >  	u32 tx_coalesce_usecs_irq;
> >  
> > +	// Store this internally to avoid fetch delays on peripheral chips
> > +	int tx_fifo_putidx;
> 
> nit: it might be slightly nicer to do a pass over the code
>      and make putidx unsigned - assuming it is an unsigned value.
> 
> > +
> >  	struct mram_cfg mcfg[MRAM_CFG_NUM];
> >  };
> >  
> > -- 
> > 2.39.2
> >