[PATCH] cxl: Prevent adapter reset if an active context exists

Andrew Donnellan andrew.donnellan at au1.ibm.com
Tue Oct 11 10:22:26 AEDT 2016


On 11/10/16 02:09, Frederic Barrat wrote:
>> diff --git a/drivers/misc/cxl/cxl.h b/drivers/misc/cxl/cxl.h
>> index 01d372a..ed89c57 100644
>> --- a/drivers/misc/cxl/cxl.h
>> +++ b/drivers/misc/cxl/cxl.h
>> @@ -618,6 +618,14 @@ struct cxl {
>>      bool perst_select_user;
>>      bool perst_same_image;
>>      bool psl_timebase_synced;
>> +
>> +    /*
>> +     * number of contexts mapped on to this card.
>> +     * +ve: Number of contexts mapped and new one can be mapped.
>> +     *  0 : No active contexts and new ones can be mapped.
>> +     * -ve: No contexts mapped and new ones cannot be mapped.
>
>
> what does "ve" stand for ?

"+ve" and "-ve" are common English scientific/engineering abbreviations 
for "positive" and "negative" respectively. I suppose they may be 
unfamiliar to those who didn't get an English science education, so it 
might be clearer to say "positive" and "negative" in full.

-- 
Andrew Donnellan              OzLabs, ADL Canberra
andrew.donnellan at au1.ibm.com  IBM Australia Limited



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