[PATCH linux dev-4.10 v4 11/31] drivers: fsi: sbefifo: Fix module authors and comments

[Eddie James <eajames@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

From: "Edward A. James" <eajames@us.ibm.com>

Clarify the xfr situation in write() and fix module authors

Signed-off-by: Edward A. James <eajames@us.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Jeffery <andrew@aj.id.au>
---
 drivers/fsi/fsi-sbefifo.c | 12 +++++++-----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/fsi/fsi-sbefifo.c b/drivers/fsi/fsi-sbefifo.c
index 0ff5209..a2acf76 100644
--- a/drivers/fsi/fsi-sbefifo.c
+++ b/drivers/fsi/fsi-sbefifo.c
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ static ssize_t sbefifo_write_common(struct sbefifo_client *client,
 	n = sbefifo_buf_nbwriteable(&client->wbuf);
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&sbefifo->lock);
-	xfr = sbefifo_next_xfr(sbefifo);
+	xfr = sbefifo_next_xfr(sbefifo);	/* next xfr to be executed */
 
 	if ((client->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK) && xfr && n < len) {
 		spin_unlock_irq(&sbefifo->lock);
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ static ssize_t sbefifo_write_common(struct sbefifo_client *client,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	xfr = sbefifo_enq_xfr(client);
+	xfr = sbefifo_enq_xfr(client);		/* this xfr queued up */
 	if (!xfr) {
 		spin_unlock_irq(&sbefifo->lock);
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
@@ -719,8 +719,9 @@ static ssize_t sbefifo_write_common(struct sbefifo_client *client,
 		len -= n;
 		ret += n;
 
-		/* set flag before starting the worker, as it may run through
-		 * and check the flag before we exit this loop!
+		/*
+		 * Set this before starting timer to avoid race condition on
+		 * this flag with the timer function writer.
 		 */
 		if (!len)
 			set_bit(SBEFIFO_XFR_WRITE_DONE, &xfr->flags);
@@ -955,4 +956,5 @@ static void sbefifo_exit(void)
 module_exit(sbefifo_exit);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Brad Bishop <bradleyb@fuzziesquirrel.com>");
-MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Linux device interface to the POWER self boot engine");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Eddie James <eajames@linux.vnet.ibm.com>");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Linux device interface to the POWER Self Boot Engine");
-- 
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