netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: mvpp2: fix dma unmapping of TX buffers for fragments

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Date:   Sat, 17 Dec 2016 11:35:48 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        jason@...edaemon.net, andrew@...n.ch,
        sebastian.hesselbarth@...il.com,
        gregory.clement@...e-electrons.com, mw@...ihalf.com,
        stefanc@...vell.com, nadavh@...vell.com, hannah@...vell.com,
        yehuday@...vell.com, raphael.glon@...p.ovh.com,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: mvpp2: fix dma unmapping of TX buffers for
 fragments

From: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2016 16:26:58 +0100

> Yes, I was thinking of moving towards a single array, as it's indeed
> crazy to have three arrays for that. However, since it's a fix going
> into stable, I also wanted to keep it as simple/straightforward as
> possible and avoid refactoring other parts of the code.

By the same token, by adding a third array you are making the code
more complex, adding more error recovery paths, etc.

> If you however believe moving to one array should be done as part of
> the fix, I'll do this.

Please do.