Re: [alsa-devel] [PATCH 1/4] soundwire: sdw_slave: add new fields to track probe status

From: Vinod Koul
Date: Thu Nov 07 2019 - 23:30:18 EST


On 04-11-19, 08:32, Pierre-Louis Bossart wrote:
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>
> On 11/2/19 11:56 PM, Vinod Koul wrote:
> > On 23-10-19, 16:06, Pierre-Louis Bossart wrote:
> > > Changes to the sdw_slave structure needed to solve race conditions on
> > > driver probe.
> >
> > Can you please explain the race you have observed, it would be a very
> > useful to document it as well
>
> the races are explained in the [PATCH 00/18] soundwire: code hardening and
> suspend-resume support series.

It would make sense to explain it here as well to give details to
reviewers, there is nothing wrong with too much detail!

> > >
> > > The functionality is added in the next patch.
> >
> > which one..?
>
> [PATCH 00/18] soundwire: code hardening and suspend-resume support

Yeah great! let me play detective with 18 patch series. I asked for a
patch and got a series!

Again, please help the maintainer to help you. We would love to see this
merged as well, but please step up and give more details in cover
letter and changelogs. I shouldn't need to do guesswork and scan through the
inbox to find the context!

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~Vinod