linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] RDMA/siw: Reuse value read using READ

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Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 09:57:30 +0200
From: Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
To: linke li <lilinke99@...com>
Cc: bmt@...ich.ibm.com, jgg@...pe.ca, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] RDMA/siw: Reuse value read using READ_ONCE instead of
 re-reading it

On Tue, Mar 12, 2024 at 09:30:53AM +0800, linke li wrote:
> Thank you for your reasonal reply. That makes sense. But you may still
> consider to make it better, like this patch, to read the flag only one 
> time. It will avoid some potential risks. However, it depends on 
> maintainer's choice.

Maintainer doesn't see any potential risks and value is read only once anyway.

Thanks

> 
> Linke
> Thanks
> 
>