linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/4] allow drivers to flush in-flight DMA v2

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Message-ID: <20071003010455.GD26752@sgi.com>
Date:	Tue, 2 Oct 2007 18:04:55 -0700
From:	akepner@....com
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	grundler@...isc-linux.org, jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org, jes@....com,
	randy.dunlap@...cle.com, rdreier@...co.com,
	James.Bottomley@...eleye.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] allow drivers to flush in-flight DMA v2

On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 03:43:39PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> ....
> My only beef with this patch set is that it seems
> a bit much to create a totally new function name every
> time we want to set some kind of new attribute on some
> DMA object.  Why not add a "dma_set_flags()" or similar
> that can be used later on to set other kinds of aspects
> we'd like to change?
> 
> You can make the arguments "u32 flags" and "int dir".
> Actually you should probably use the dma direction
> enumaration instead of 'int'.

OK, this will be in the next version along with the 
coding style changes you mentioned.

-- 
Arthur

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