linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 10/10] sparc64: use iommu_num

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Date:	Tue, 5 Aug 2008 11:04:21 +0900
From:	FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@....ntt.co.jp>
To:	davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	joerg.roedel@....com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mingo@...hat.com,
	tglx@...utronix.de, hpa@...or.com, rth@...ddle.net,
	paulus@...ba.org, benh@...nel.crashing.org,
	fujita.tomonori@....ntt.co.jp, muli@...ibm.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/10] sparc64: use iommu_num_pages function in IOMMU
 code

On Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:28:34 -0700 (PDT)
David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:

> From: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@....com>
> Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 18:04:50 +0200
> 
> > Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@....com>
> 
> So we rename, then convert everything back.
> 
> This seems like a lot of commit masterbation for what is
> clearly one single change.

The first patch adds a helper function, iommu_nr_pages(). Then the
following patches (or a single patch) convert all the IOMMUs to use
it.

If we really like 'iommu_num_pages' function name, then a single patch
can replace all iommu_nr_pages().
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