linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 06/10] libnvdimm, pmem: push call to ioremap

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Message-ID: <CAPcyv4iqc=7bML8ES-94PKcotnQ1ZNcLwjQ7-8wqvvsLN+OJkg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 11 Aug 2015 09:20:57 -0700
From:	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Cc:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>,
	Luis Rodriguez <mcgrof@...e.com>,
	"linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org" <linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 06/10] libnvdimm, pmem: push call to ioremap_cache out
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On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 5:51 AM, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 11:38:23PM -0400, Dan Williams wrote:
>> In preparation for deprecating ioremap_cache() push its usage into arch
>> code where it deleted in a later globabl conversion of ioremap_cache()
>> to arch_memremap().
>
> I don't really see the point of this patch.  Two patches later
> we'll get rid arch_memremap_pmem anyway.
>
> I'd rather fold this and the next two patches into a single one,
> and keep the new arch_memremap_pmem_flags as a inline in io.h.

Yeah, it made more sense at its position in the old series, but now
that ioremap_cache() will be around for one last development cycle we
can squash this.
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