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Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 07:03:28 -0700 From: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/22] pci-dma-compat: Add pci_zalloc_consistent helper On Mon, 2014-06-23 at 15:53 +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Monday 23 June 2014 06:41:29 Joe Perches wrote: > > Add this helper for consistency with pci_zalloc_coherent > > and the ability to remove unnecessary memset(,0,) uses. > Shouldn't these drivers just use the normal dma-mapping API now? Maybe. I wouldn't mind. They do seem to have a trivial bit of unnecessary overhead for hwdev == NULL ? NULL : &hwdev->dev -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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