Hi Wolfgang,

Thank you for your comment.
We don't use kfifo infrastructure but brush up with current framework.

Thanks, Ohtake(OKISEMI)
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wolfgang Grandegger" <[email protected]>
To: "Masayuki Ohtake" <[email protected]>
Cc: "Wang, Qi" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; 
<[email protected]>; "Wang, Yong Y"
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Chih Howe" <[email protected]>; "Morinaga" 
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Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 4:59 PM
Subject: Re: [MeeGo-Dev][PATCH] Topcliff: Update PCH_CAN driver to 2.6.35


> Hi Ohtake,
>
> On 08/20/2010 08:01 AM, Masayuki Ohtake wrote:
> > Hi Wolfgang,
> >
> >>>>>> 2. Why don't you use kernel existing kfifo infrastructure? ([2]).
> >>>>> Just take a look at kfifo.h. This structure has been changed. I 
> >>>>> remembered
> >>>> there was a spin_lock from kfifo previously. Currently it's been 
> >>>> removed, good.
> >>>>> OKI-sans, would you please take a look at ./include/linux/kfifo.h, and 
> >>>>> try to
> >>>> use this structure and APIs?
> >>>>
> >>>> As I see it, the code related to that fifo is not used (== dead code)?
> >>> I'm not familiar with kfifo structure, and I didn't like it because there 
> >>> need a spin_lock to use it.
> >
> > We are about to study kfifo infra structure.
> > I have a question.
> >
> > It seems all CAN drivers accepted by upstream don't use kfifo 
> > infrastructure, right ?
>
> Right!
>
> > (I couldn't see message with "grep kfifo * in drivers/net/can")
> >
> > If yes, why should we use the kfifo ?
> > If no, please show me the kfifo reference driver
>
> Sorry, nobody (of the socketcan core developers) said that kfifo should
> be used. We believe, that an additional queuing of CAN messages is *not*
> needed at all. Just eliminate the related code and follow more closely
> the existing mainline drivers.
>
> Wolfgang.
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