linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Coccinelle: remove pci_alloc_consistent semantic to dectect in zalloc-simple.cocci

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Date:   Sat, 18 Aug 2018 16:01:04 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
To:     zhong jiang <zhongjiang@...wei.com>
cc:     Himanshu Jha <himanshujha199640@...il.com>,
        Gilles Muller <Gilles.Muller@...6.fr>, nicolas.palix@...g.fr,
        michal.lkml@...kovi.net, yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Coccinelle: remove pci_alloc_consistent semantic to
 dectect in zalloc-simple.cocci



On Sat, 18 Aug 2018, zhong jiang wrote:

> On 2018/8/18 20:52, Himanshu Jha wrote:
> > On Sat, Aug 18, 2018 at 08:01:40PM +0800, zhong jiang wrote:
> >> Because pci_alloc_consistent has been deprecated. We prefer to use
> >> dam_alloc_coherent directly. Therefore, we should remove pci_alloc_consistent
> >   ^^^ typo "dma"
> >
> > Also, typo in the patch subject "dectect" -> "detect"
>  Thanks,  will fix it in v2.
> > Otherwise,
> >
> > Acked-by: Himanshu Jha <himanshujha199640@...il.com>
> >
> > Thanks for cleaning up, we still have few more *_alloc/memset
> > in the mainline, especially in the scsi subsystem, even after
> > I cleaned up with two long patch series in the past.
> >
>    I post same patches like *_alloc/memset in the scsi subsystem. Unfortunately,
>    Maintainer maybe do not care about the change.  therefore,  None of my patches
>   are received and rarely feedback.

Maybe they will be picked up later.

julia