Re: [PATCH V5 1/5] iommu/amd: Remove unnecessary locking from AMD iommu driver

To: Tom Murphy <murphyt7@xxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V5 1/5] iommu/amd: Remove unnecessary locking from AMD iommu driver
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2019 15:41:32 -0700
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Thank for the explanation Tom. It might make sense to add a condensed
version of it to commit log for the next iteration.

References:
- [PATCH V5 0/5] iommu/amd: Convert the AMD iommu driver to the dma-iommu api
  - From: Tom Murphy
- [PATCH V5 1/5] iommu/amd: Remove unnecessary locking from AMD iommu driver
  - From: Tom Murphy
- Re: [PATCH V5 1/5] iommu/amd: Remove unnecessary locking from AMD iommu driver
  - From: Christoph Hellwig
- Re: [PATCH V5 1/5] iommu/amd: Remove unnecessary locking from AMD iommu driver
  - From: Tom Murphy