[PATCH net-next v3 2/2] net: Adding support for Cavium ThunderX network controller
David Miller
davem at davemloft.net
Mon May 18 16:52:30 PDT 2015
From: David Daney <ddaney at caviumnetworks.com>
Date: Mon, 18 May 2015 14:52:30 -0700
> As I see it there are two options:
>
> 1) Keep the writeq_relaxed()/readq_relaxed(), but add a comment about
> why they are safe.
>
> 2) Change the patch so that we are using writeq()/readq() and suffer a
> decrease in performance.
I want a detailed comment added, so #1 would be my choice.
There are more than one set of register accessors, so make sure you
annotate them all.
Thanks.
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