The patch titled spi: simplify spi_write_then_read() has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is spi-simplify-spi_write_then_read.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: spi: simplify spi_write_then_read() From: Vernon Sauder <vernoninhand@xxxxxxxxx> Modify spi_write_then_read() to use one transfer. This speeds up all callers, and is a minor code shrink. Signed-off-by: Vernon Sauder <Vernon.Sauder@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/spi/spi.c | 22 ++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/spi/spi.c~spi-simplify-spi_write_then_read drivers/spi/spi.c --- a/drivers/spi/spi.c~spi-simplify-spi_write_then_read +++ a/drivers/spi/spi.c @@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ int spi_write_then_read(struct spi_devic int status; struct spi_message message; - struct spi_transfer x[2]; + struct spi_transfer x; u8 *local_buf; /* Use preallocated DMA-safe buffer. We can't avoid copying here, @@ -671,15 +671,9 @@ int spi_write_then_read(struct spi_devic return -EINVAL; spi_message_init(&message); - memset(x, 0, sizeof x); - if (n_tx) { - x[0].len = n_tx; - spi_message_add_tail(&x[0], &message); - } - if (n_rx) { - x[1].len = n_rx; - spi_message_add_tail(&x[1], &message); - } + memset(&x, 0, sizeof x); + x.len = n_tx + n_rx; + spi_message_add_tail(&x, &message); /* ... unless someone else is using the pre-allocated buffer */ if (!mutex_trylock(&lock)) { @@ -690,15 +684,15 @@ int spi_write_then_read(struct spi_devic local_buf = buf; memcpy(local_buf, txbuf, n_tx); - x[0].tx_buf = local_buf; - x[1].rx_buf = local_buf + n_tx; + x.tx_buf = local_buf; + x.rx_buf = local_buf; /* do the i/o */ status = spi_sync(spi, &message); if (status == 0) - memcpy(rxbuf, x[1].rx_buf, n_rx); + memcpy(rxbuf, x.rx_buf + n_tx, n_rx); - if (x[0].tx_buf == buf) + if (x.tx_buf == buf) mutex_unlock(&lock); else kfree(local_buf); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from vernoninhand@xxxxxxxxx are spi-simplify-spi_write_then_read.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html