linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 16/19] ARM: LPAE: Use generic dma_addr

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Date:	Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:27:30 +0000
From:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>
To:	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
Cc:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Will Deacon <Will.Deacon@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 16/19] ARM: LPAE: Use generic dma_addr_t type
	definition

On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 01:01:30PM +0000, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> Maybe we could make the dma_addr_t size configurable (and disabled by
> default) since I expect there'll be platforms capable of >32-bit DMA.

It would be far better to fix the dma_addr_t abuses.  I've already fixed
those in the pl08x driver:

struct lli {
        dma_addr_t src;
        dma_addr_t dst;
        dma_addr_t next;
        u32 cctl;
};

became:

struct pl08x_lli {
        u32 src;
        u32 dst;
        u32 lli;
        u32 cctl;
};

and similar needs to be done elsewhere in ARM specific drivers.
dma_addr_t has no business being in structures that describe data which
hardware accesses.
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