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

[Anup Patel]

On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 10:55 AM, Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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!!

Okay, I will add this info to commit description.

>
>>
>> I will restore state values.
>
> either ways am okay, but if we are not using bits smartly then why to change

Okay, I will keep new state values as-is and only update commit
description.

Regards,
Anup