netdev - Re: [PATCH] net_dma: call dmaengine_get only if NET

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Date:	Fri, 6 Feb 2009 14:15:02 -0700
From:	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
To:	Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@....ocn.ne.jp>
Cc:	Maciej Sosnowski <maciej.sosnowski@...el.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net_dma: call dmaengine_get only if NET_DMA enabled

[ please cc netdev on net_dma patches ]

On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 9:02 AM, Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@....ocn.ne.jp> wrote:
> The commit 649274d993212e7c23c0cb734572c2311c200872 ("net_dma:
> acquire/release dma channels on ifup/ifdown") added unconditional call
> of dmaengine_get() to net_dma.  The API should be called only if
> NET_DMA was enabled.
>
> Signed-off-by: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@....ocn.ne.jp>

Acked-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>

I was looking to avoid ifdefs in this path by making
dmaengine_{get,put} a nop in the DMAENGINE=n case.  However, the
current code with DMAENGINE=y NET_DMA=n will pin channels even though
the network stack is not using them.

Thanks,
Dan
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