linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] docs: Add desc for best effort mode of mmio_stale

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Message-ID: <20230830151153.84489-1-itazur@amazon.com>
Date:   Wed, 30 Aug 2023 16:11:53 +0100
From:   Takahiro Itazuri <itazur@...zon.com>
To:     <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Jonathan Corbet" <corbet@....net>
CC:     Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@...ux.intel.com>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Takahiro Itazuri <zulinx86@...il.com>,
        Takahiro Itazuri <itazur@...zon.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: Add desc for best effort mode of mmio_stale_data

Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net> wrote:
> So the change seems OK, but why not just describe the "best effort" mode
> in the place where you refer to it, rather than creating a forward
> reference?

tbh, I just followed the docs for mds and tsx_async_abort. Of course, I
can do it! Would it better to do the same thing for mds and
tsx_async_abort docs as well?

Best regards,
Takahiro Itazuri