linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] can: mcp251x: Use dmam_alloc

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Date:	Sat, 02 Aug 2014 18:07:30 +0400
From:	Alexander Shiyan <shc_work@...l.ru>
To:	Himangi Saraogi <himangi774@...il.com>
Cc:	julia.lawall@...6.fr,
	Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@...gutronix.de>,
	Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@...tkopp.net>,
	Stefano Babic <sbabic@...x.de>,
	Jingoo Han <jg1.han@...sung.com>,
	Christian Pellegrin <chripell@...e.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] can: mcp251x: Use dmam_alloc_coherent

Sat, 2 Aug 2014 19:22:04 +0530 от Himangi Saraogi <himangi774@...il.com>:
> This patch moves the data allocated using dma_alloc_coherent to the
> corresponding managed interface and does away with the calls to free the
> allocated memory in the probe and remove functions.

Just for information: On my opinion, all SPI DMA stuff should be going into SPI layer.
It is not a good idea to keep this into this driver.

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