Re: [PATCH] nvme: Enable acceleration feature of A64FX processor

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Thu Feb 14 2019 - 12:11:07 EST


On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 09:03:58PM +0900, Takao Indoh wrote:
> Ok, let me think about how I should change this patch.

Just drop it.

> I'm thinking that the problem of this patch is adding processor specific
> code into NVMe common driver, is this correct? Or another problem? It
> would be great if you could give me a hint to improve this patch.

For one it is processor / root port specific. But even more importantly
it is incorrect. If the device wants to issue a relaxed order
transaction it should do so all by itself, not by hacking around it
from the kernel.