linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] asm-generic/dma-mapping-broken.h: Provide dma_alloc_attrs()/dma_free

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Date:	Sat, 22 Dec 2012 13:51:32 +0100
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] asm-generic/dma-mapping-broken.h: Provide dma_alloc_attrs()/dma_free_attrs()

Hi Arnd,

On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 5:12 PM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
> On Sunday 16 December 2012, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>> Since commit 0049fb2603b7afb1080776ee691dfa5a3d282357 ("OMAPFB: use
>> dma_alloc_attrs to allocate memory") we have one non-arch user of
>> dma_{alloc,free}_attrs().
>>
>> Hence provide these functions, as wrappers around
>> dma_{alloc,free}_coherent().
>>
>> Note that most architectures do it the other way around. But as these are
>> dummy functions, we don't care.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
>> ---
>>  include/asm-generic/dma-mapping-broken.h |   16 ++++++++++++++++
>>  1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

Thanks!

> Maybe you can put this one in your m68k tree along with your other
> patch.

Will do.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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