Re: [PATCH v2 03/16] dmaengine: bcm-sba-raid: Common flags for sba_request state and fence

[Vinod Koul]

On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 10:26:54AM +0530, Anup Patel wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 9:15 AM, Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 01, 2017 at 04:07:47PM +0530, Anup Patel wrote:
> >> This patch merges sba_request state and fence into common
> >> sba_request flags. Also, in-future we can extend sba_request
> >> flags as required.
> >
> > and it also changes the flag values to bits, which I have no idea why that
> > was done, care to explain that please...
> 
> I thought its better to have separate bit each sba_request state so
> that when a sba_request is accidentally in two states then we can
> debug better.

that is fine, but you need to comminucate the motivation behind such a
change!!

> 
> I will restore state values.

either ways am okay, but if we are not using bits smartly then why to change

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~Vinod