linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] ide: remove deprecated use of pci api

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Date:	Mon, 13 Apr 2015 20:23:24 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, lambert.quentin@...il.com,
	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] ide: remove deprecated use of pci api

On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 01:08:13PM -0400, David Miller wrote:
> From: One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
> Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2015 13:25:30 +0100
> 
> > On Thu,  9 Apr 2015 13:46:27 +0200
> > Quentin Lambert <lambert.quentin@...il.com> wrote:
> > 
> >> Replace occurences of the pci api by appropriate call to the dma api.
> >> 
> > 
> > Drivers/ide is obsolete. It probably ought to go at this point but even
> > so it exists solely in case of a problem or compatibility issue with
> > drivers/ata. Cleaning it up without testing all the drivers makes no
> > sense IMHO. Cleaning it up and testing them doesn't make much sense
> > either.
> 
> It's a straightforward transformation, that actually evaluates to what
> the definitions of the deprecated pci DMA interfaces are defined to.

Almost, except that it uses GFP_KERNEL instead of GFP_DMA.  But I
reviewed it and I think it's fine. Quentin sent a GFP_ATOMIC patch as
the first version and I asked him to redo it.  Maybe I shouldn't have
done that...

regards,
dan carpenter

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