linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv4 3/5] common: dma-mapping: Introduce common remapping functions

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Date:	Wed, 9 Jul 2014 15:46:56 -0700
From:	Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>
To:	Laura Abbott <lauraa@...eaurora.org>
Cc:	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
	David Riley <davidriley@...omium.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	Ritesh Harjain <ritesh.harjani@...il.com>,
	linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv4 3/5] common: dma-mapping: Introduce common remapping functions

On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 11:03 AM, Laura Abbott <lauraa@...eaurora.org> wrote:
>
> For architectures without coherent DMA, memory for DMA may
> need to be remapped with coherent attributes. Factor out
> the the remapping code from arm and put it in a
> common location to reduced code duplication.
>
> Signed-off-by: Laura Abbott <lauraa@...eaurora.org>

Hm. The switch from ioremap to map_vm_area() here seems to imply that
lib/ioremap can/should be reworked to use just wrap the vmalloc
functions too?

Unrelated to this change.

I did a pass of review here. Nothing stands out as wrong but I don't
claim to know this area well these days.

What's the merge/ack plan here? It might reduce the complexity of
merging to add the common functions in your series, then move the ARM
code over separately?


-Olof
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