linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] IB/mthca: replace dma_sync_single with dma_sync_single_for

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Date:	Thu, 28 May 2009 15:18:21 -0700
From:	Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>
To:	FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@....ntt.co.jp>
Cc:	rolandd@...co.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] IB/mthca: replace dma_sync_single with dma_sync_single_for_cpu

 > This replaces dma_sync_single() with dma_sync_single_for_cpu() because
 > dma_sync_single() is an obsolete API; include/linux/dma-mapping.h says:
 > 
 > /* Backwards compat, remove in 2.7.x */

Thanks for pointing this out... however I think sync_single_for_cpu
looks wrong in these cases -- I think there should be a pair of
sync_single_for_cpu/sync_single_for_device around this stuff.

I'll take a closer look in the next day or too.

 - R.
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