RE: [char-misc-next 4/4 V2] mei: bus: enable non-blocking RX

From: Winkler, Tomas
Date: Mon Nov 28 2016 - 18:04:02 EST


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> > On Sat, Nov 19, 2016 at 02:16:11PM +0200, Tomas Winkler wrote:
> > > From: Alexander Usyskin <alexander.usyskin@xxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > Enable non-blocking receive for drivers on mei bus, this allows
> > > checking for data availability by mei client drivers. This is most
> > > effective for fixed address clients, that lacks flow control.
> > >
> > > This function adds new API function mei_cldev_recv_nonblock(), it
> > > retuns -EGAIN if function will block.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Alexander Usyskin <alexander.usyskin@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > Signed-off-by: Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > V2: use _nonblock() function suffix instead of NONBLOCK flag
> > >
> > > drivers/misc/mei/bus-fixup.c | 4 ++--
> > > drivers/misc/mei/bus.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> > > drivers/misc/mei/mei_dev.h | 7 ++++++-
> > > include/linux/mei_cl_bus.h | 6 ++++--
> > > 4 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/bus-fixup.c
> > > b/drivers/misc/mei/bus-fixup.c index 7f2cef9011ae..18e05ca7584f
> > > 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/misc/mei/bus-fixup.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/misc/mei/bus-fixup.c
> > > @@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ static int mei_osver(struct mei_cl_device *cldev)
> > > if (ret < 0)
> > > return ret;
> > >
> > > - ret = __mei_cl_recv(cldev->cl, buf, length);
> > > + ret = __mei_cl_recv(cldev->cl, buf, length, 0);
> >
> > What is 0 here? Again, mode...
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> Yes, it means no change in behavior, but this is an internal function.

Greg, are you okay with the changes? We are missing this patch to complete the series.
Thanks
Tomas