linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] DMA buffer alignment annotations

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Date:	Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:58:50 -0800
From:	Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>
To:	Russell King <rmk+lkml@....linux.org.uk>
Cc:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
	james.bottomley@...eleye.com, ralf@...ux-mips.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] DMA buffer alignment annotations

 > > +#define __dma_aligned	  	__attribute__((aligned(ARCH_MIN_DMA_ALIGNMENT)))
 > > +#define __dma_buffer		__dma_buffer_line(__LINE__)
 > > +#define __dma_buffer_line(line)	__dma_aligned;\
 > > +				char __dma_pad_##line[0] __dma_aligned

 > You introduce __dma_buffer_line() if ARCH_MIN_DMA_ALIGNMENT is set but
 > not if it isn't...

__dma_buffer_line() is just an internal implementation detail to take
care of string pasting properly.  Perhaps there should be a comment
warning people not to use it directly.

 - R.
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