Re: [PATCH v5 12/12] can: m_can: Implement transmit submission coalescing

From: Simon Horman
Date: Thu Jul 20 2023 - 11:59:06 EST


On Tue, Jul 18, 2023 at 09:57:08AM +0200, Markus Schneider-Pargmann wrote:
> m_can supports submitting multiple transmits with one register write.
> This is an interesting option to reduce the number of SPI transfers for
> peripheral chips.
>
> The m_can_tx_op is extended with a bool that signals if it is the last
> transmission and the submit should be executed immediately.
>
> The worker then writes the skb to the FIFO and submits it only if the
> submit bool is set. If it isn't set, the worker will write the next skb
> which is waiting in the workqueue to the FIFO, etc.
>
> Signed-off-by: Markus Schneider-Pargmann <msp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>