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From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] dmaengine: qcom_bam_dma: clear BAM interrupt only if it is rised
Date: Tue, 01 Dec 2015 11:29:41 +0100
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On Tuesday 01 December 2015 11:14:57 Stanimir Varbanov wrote:
> +       if (srcs & BAM_IRQ) {
>                 clr_mask = readl_relaxed(bam_addr(bdev, 0, BAM_IRQ_STTS));
>  
> -       /* don't allow reorder of the various accesses to the BAM registers */
> -       mb();
> +               /*
> +                * don't allow reorder of the various accesses to the BAM
> +                * registers
> +                */
> +               mb();
>  
> -       writel_relaxed(clr_mask, bam_addr(bdev, 0, BAM_IRQ_CLR));
> +               writel_relaxed(clr_mask, bam_addr(bdev, 0, BAM_IRQ_CLR));
> +       }
> 

I think the comment here should be moved: change the writel_relaxed()
to writel(), which already includes the appropriate barriers, and
add a comment at the readl_relaxed() to explain why it doesn't need
a barrier.

	Arnd