linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] arm: mvebu: Add hardware I/O Coherency support

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Message-Id: <201210241224.06791.arnd@arndb.de>
Date:	Wed, 24 Oct 2012 12:24:06 +0000
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement@...e-electrons.com>
Cc:	Lior Amsalem <alior@...vell.com>, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
	Ike Pan <ike.pan@...onical.com>,
	Nadav Haklai <nadavh@...vell.com>,
	Ian Molton <ian.molton@...ethink.co.uk>,
	David Marlin <dmarlin@...hat.com>,
	Yehuda Yitschak <yehuday@...vell.com>,
	Jani Monoses <jani.monoses@...onical.com>,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Tawfik Bayouk <tawfik@...vell.com>,
	Dan Frazier <dann.frazier@...onical.com>,
	"Eran Ben-Avi" <benavi@...vell.com>,
	Leif Lindholm <leif.lindholm@....com>,
	Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@...il.com>,
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	Ben Dooks <ben-linux@...ff.org>,
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	Chris Van Hoof <vanhoof@...onical.com>,
	Nicolas Pitre <nico@...xnic.net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Maen Suleiman <maen@...vell.com>,
	Shadi Ammouri <shadi@...vell.com>,
	Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] arm: mvebu: Add hardware I/O Coherency support

On Wednesday 24 October 2012, Gregory CLEMENT wrote:
> On 10/24/2012 01:48 PM, Gregory CLEMENT wrote:
> > On 10/24/2012 01:36 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> >>
> >> I think it would be cleaner to statically define the operations in a constant
> >> structure and point directly to the functions you need. If necessary, use
> >> multiple structures.
> > 
> > My problem was that these functions are not exposed, only arm_dma_op and
> > arm_coherent_dma_ops are exported.
> > Or do you think about something like this:
>
> struct dma_map_ops *dma_ops = {
>         .alloc                  = arm_coherent_dma_ops.arm_coherent_dma_alloc,
>         .free                   = arm_coherent_dma_ops.arm_coherent_dma_free,
>         .mmap                   = arm_coherent_dma_ops.arm_dma_mmap,
>         .get_sgtable            = arm_coherent_dma_ops.arm_dma_get_sgtable,
>         .map_sg                 = arm_coherent_dma_ops.arm_dma_map_sg,
>         .set_dma_mask           = arm_coherent_dma_ops.arm_dma_set_mask,
>         .map_page               = armada_xp_dma_map_page,
>         .unmap_page             = armada_xp_dma_unmap_page,
>         .unmap_sg               = arm_dma_ops.unmap_sg,
>         .sync_single_for_cpu    = armada_xp_dma_sync,
>         .sync_single_for_device = armada_xp_dma_sync,
>         .sync_sg_for_cpu        = arm_dma_ops.sync_sg_for_cpu,
>         .sync_sg_for_device     = arm_dma_ops.sync_sg_for_device,
> };

No, I was thinking of making the underlying functions globally visible
and have extern declarations in a header file so you can access them
directly.

Generally speaking, when you run into a problem with common code, your
first approach should be to fix the common code before you try to work
around it.

	Arnd
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