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From: Wolfgang Grandegger <wg-5Yr1BZd7O62+XT7JhA+gdA@public•gmane.org>
To: Masayuki Ohtake <masa-korg-ECg8zkTtlr0C6LszWs/t0g@public•gmane.org>
Cc: "Khor,
	Andrew Chih Howe"
	<andrew.chih.howe.khor-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public•gmane.org>,
	"Wang, Qi" <qi.wang-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public•gmane.org>,
	netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public•gmane.org,
	gregkh-l3A5Bk7waGM@public•gmane.org, "Wang,
	Yong Y" <yong.y.wang-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public•gmane.org>,
	socketcan-core-0fE9KPoRgkgATYTw5x5z8w@public•gmane.org,
	Morinaga <morinaga526-ECg8zkTtlr0C6LszWs/t0g@public•gmane.org>,
	meego-dev-WXzIur8shnEAvxtiuMwx3w@public•gmane.org,
	arjan-VuQAYsv1563Yd54FQh9/CA@public•gmane.org
Subject: Re: [MeeGo-Dev][PATCH] Topcliff: Update PCH_CAN driver to 2.6.35
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 09:59:17 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4C6E35D5.2080500@grandegger.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <000f01cb402d$34b675b0$66f8800a-a06+6cuVnkTSQfdrb5gaxUEOCMrvLtNR@public.gmane.org>

Hi Ohtake,

On 08/20/2010 08:01 AM, Masayuki Ohtake wrote:
> Hi Wolfgang,
> 
>>>>>> 2. Why don't you use kernel existing kfifo infrastructure? ([2]).
>>>>> Just take a look at kfifo.h. This structure has been changed. I remembered
>>>> there was a spin_lock from kfifo previously. Currently it's been removed, good.
>>>>> OKI-sans, would you please take a look at ./include/linux/kfifo.h, and try to
>>>> use this structure and APIs?
>>>>
>>>> As I see it, the code related to that fifo is not used (== dead code)?
>>> I'm not familiar with kfifo structure, and I didn't like it because there need a spin_lock to use it.
> 
> We are about to study kfifo infra structure.
> I have a question.
> 
> It seems all CAN drivers accepted by upstream don't use kfifo infrastructure, right ?

Right!

> (I couldn't see message with "grep kfifo * in drivers/net/can")
> 
> If yes, why should we use the kfifo ?
> If no, please show me the kfifo reference driver

Sorry, nobody (of the socketcan core developers) said that kfifo should
be used. We believe, that an additional queuing of CAN messages is *not*
needed at all. Just eliminate the related code and follow more closely
the existing mainline drivers.

Wolfgang.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-08-20  7:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-08-11  0:25 [MeeGo-Dev][PATCH] Topcliff: Update PCH_CAN driver to 2.6.35 Masayuki Ohtak
     [not found] ` <4C61EDE5.4030505-ECg8zkTtlr0C6LszWs/t0g@public.gmane.org>
2010-08-11 10:37   ` Daniel Baluta
2010-08-12  1:42     ` Wang, Qi
2010-08-12  2:04       ` Greg KH
2010-08-12  2:13         ` Wang, Qi
     [not found]         ` <20100812020414.GD14121-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>
2010-08-12  6:25           ` Oliver Hartkopp
2010-08-12  6:29             ` Wang, Qi
2010-08-12  2:39       ` Masayuki Ohtake
     [not found]       ` <D5AB6E638E5A3E4B8F4406B113A5A19A28EA26EB-QQHDSDV1ERZpB2pF5aRoyrfspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2010-08-12  5:17         ` Daniel Baluta
2010-08-12  9:03         ` Wolfgang Grandegger
2010-08-13  0:23           ` Wang, Qi
     [not found]             ` <D5AB6E638E5A3E4B8F4406B113A5A19A28EA2AB1-QQHDSDV1ERZpB2pF5aRoyrfspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2010-08-13  6:11               ` Daniel Baluta
2010-08-13 10:58               ` Wolfgang Grandegger
2010-08-20  6:01                 ` Masayuki Ohtake
     [not found]                   ` <000f01cb402d$34b675b0$66f8800a-a06+6cuVnkTSQfdrb5gaxUEOCMrvLtNR@public.gmane.org>
2010-08-20  7:59                     ` Wolfgang Grandegger [this message]
2010-08-20  8:37                       ` Masayuki Ohtake
2010-08-11 12:31   ` Wolfgang Grandegger
     [not found]     ` <D5AB6E638E5A3E4B8F4406B113A5A19A28EA26CC@shsmsx501.ccr.corp.intel.com>
     [not found]       ` <4C63B6C9.5050804@grandegger.com>
     [not found]         ` <D5AB6E638E5A3E4B8F4406B113A5A19A28EA29DF@shsmsx501.ccr.corp.intel.com>
2010-09-01  7:45           ` Masayuki Ohtake
     [not found]             ` <000501cb49a9$9cd4bf00$66f8800a-a06+6cuVnkTSQfdrb5gaxUEOCMrvLtNR@public.gmane.org>
2010-09-01 17:04               ` out-of-order tx objects - was " Oliver Hartkopp
2010-09-01 18:51               ` Wolfgang Grandegger
2010-09-02  3:19                 ` Masayuki Ohtake
     [not found]                   ` <001301cb4a4d$b4c4ba80$66f8800a-a06+6cuVnkTSQfdrb5gaxUEOCMrvLtNR@public.gmane.org>
2010-09-02  6:32                     ` Wolfgang Grandegger
2010-08-11 13:04   ` Marc Kleine-Budde
2010-09-13 12:07     ` Masayuki Ohtake
     [not found]       ` <005f01cb533e$5c21d530$66f8800a-a06+6cuVnkTSQfdrb5gaxUEOCMrvLtNR@public.gmane.org>
2010-09-13 12:29         ` Marc Kleine-Budde
2010-09-14  0:46           ` Masayuki Ohtake
2010-09-14  7:08             ` Marc Kleine-Budde
     [not found]             ` <003a01cb53a6$4ca724d0$66f8800a-a06+6cuVnkTSQfdrb5gaxUEOCMrvLtNR@public.gmane.org>
2010-09-15  7:42               ` Wolfgang Grandegger
     [not found]                 ` <4C9078D3.50300-5Yr1BZd7O62+XT7JhA+gdA@public.gmane.org>
2010-09-15  9:42                   ` Oliver Hartkopp
2010-09-15 10:55                     ` Wolfgang Grandegger
2010-09-15 12:04                       ` Marc Kleine-Budde
2010-09-15 12:11                         ` Wolfgang Grandegger
2010-09-13 15:22         ` Greg KH
2010-09-14  8:48           ` Masayuki Ohtake
     [not found]             ` <00ca01cb53e9$a50c1930$66f8800a-a06+6cuVnkTSQfdrb5gaxUEOCMrvLtNR@public.gmane.org>
2010-09-14 13:10               ` Greg KH
2010-09-15  1:21                 ` Masayuki Ohtake

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