From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: Takuya Yoshikawa <takuya.yoshikawa@gmail.com>
Cc: Takuya Yoshikawa <yoshikawa.takuya@oss.ntt.co.jp>,
bhutchings@solarflare.com, grundler@parisc-linux.org,
avi@redhat.com, mtosatti@redhat.com,
linux-net-drivers@solarflare.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org,
kvm@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] drivers/net/ethernet/sfc: Add efx_ prefix to set_bit_le()
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 13:12:32 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201206121312.32301.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120612220654.fd0246e6e687f7c79e5c988c@gmail.com>
On Tuesday 12 June 2012, Takuya Yoshikawa wrote:
> >
> > Hmm, any reason why we're not just using the existing non-atomic
> > __set_bit_le() here? I think the helpers in sfc and tulip can
> > just get removed if you use those.
>
> __set_bit_le() assumes long word alignment and does endian conversion
> when needed.
Ah, I see.
> To be honest, I am a bit scared of changing drivers which I cannot test
> on real hardware.
Ok, let's take your patches as they are then.
With the change to add clear_bit_le:
Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-06-12 13:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-06-11 12:27 [PATCH 0/4] Introduce generic set_bit_le() Takuya Yoshikawa
2012-06-11 12:27 ` Takuya Yoshikawa
2012-06-11 12:29 ` [PATCH 1/4] drivers/net/ethernet/sfc: Add efx_ prefix to set_bit_le() Takuya Yoshikawa
2012-06-11 12:29 ` Takuya Yoshikawa
2012-06-11 14:09 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-06-11 14:09 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-06-12 13:06 ` Takuya Yoshikawa
2012-06-12 13:12 ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2012-06-12 19:23 ` [PATCH] sfc: Use standard __{clear,set}_bit_le() functions Ben Hutchings
2012-06-12 19:23 ` Ben Hutchings
2012-06-11 12:30 ` [PATCH 2/4] drivers/net/ethernet/dec/tulip: Add tulip_ prefix to set_bit_le() Takuya Yoshikawa
2012-06-11 12:30 ` Takuya Yoshikawa
2012-06-11 15:42 ` Grant Grundler
2012-06-11 15:42 ` Grant Grundler
2012-06-11 12:31 ` [PATCH 3/4] bitops: Introduce generic set_bit_le() Takuya Yoshikawa
2012-06-11 12:31 ` Takuya Yoshikawa
2012-06-11 14:10 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-06-11 14:10 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-06-12 13:10 ` Takuya Yoshikawa
2012-06-12 13:10 ` Takuya Yoshikawa
2012-06-11 12:32 ` [PATCH 4/4] KVM: Replace test_and_set_bit_le() in mark_page_dirty_in_slot() with set_bit_le() Takuya Yoshikawa
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