Re: [PATCH V6 03/10] PCI/DOE: Add Data Object Exchange Aux Driver

From: Dan Williams
Date: Wed Feb 09 2022 - 14:57:55 EST


On Wed, Feb 9, 2022 at 8:58 AM Jonathan Cameron
<Jonathan.Cameron@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
[..]
> > It just seems an unnecessary hunk of code for the core to carry when
> > it's trivial for a client of the core to do:
> >
> > task->private = &completion;
> > task->end_task = complete_completion;
> > submit_task()
> > wait_for_completion(&completion);
>
> OK, we can move this to the callers though function obviously will
> also need renaming - I guess to pci_doe_exchange() and now need to take a
> task rather than the exchange.
>
> I personally slightly prefer the layered approach, but don't care that
> strongly.

Like I said, you and Ira are holding the pen, so if you decide to keep
the layering, just document the ontology somewhere and I'll let it go.