Re: [PATCH v2] mailbox: add tx_prepare client callback

[Jassi Brar]

On 12 November 2014 at 00:03, Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> If the mailbox controller expects the payload is in place before
> initiating the transmit, then it's impossible to reuse the list
> maintained by core mailbox code currently. Maintaining another list
> for sending the message in the controller seems totally unnecessary
> as core mailbox library already provides that feature.
>
> This patch introduces tx_prepare callback in mbox_client which
> can be used by the core mailbox library before initiating the
> transaction through mbox->ops->send_data. The client driver can
> implement this callback to ensure the payload is copied to the
> shared memory.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jassi Brar <jaswinder.singh@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/mailbox/mailbox.c      | 2 ++
>  include/linux/mailbox_client.h | 3 +++
>  2 files changed, 5 insertions(+)
>
Applied to mailbox-devel, Thanks.
-Jassi
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