linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 0/2] staging: ion: of_ion_device

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Message-ID: <CAAtXAHdoTPbNLG8p2xJ-23_McY3ZzjkQciWZmsAE9o8U2U7q_g@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 22 Mar 2016 16:40:59 -0700
From:	Moritz Fischer <moritz.fischer@...us.com>
To:	Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>
Cc:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, arve@...roid.com,
	riandrews@...roid.com, Sumit Semwal <sumit.semwal@...aro.org>,
	dan.carpenter@...cle.com, sriram@...irs.net.in,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org
Subject: Re: [RFC 0/2] staging: ion: of_ion_device_get

On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 4:20 PM, Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com> wrote:

> If allocation is coming from userspace and drivers are only importing
> you should be using the dma_buf APIs instead of Ion APIs directly.
> Ion is a dma_buf exporter and dma_buf APIs are the preferred API.

Ok, thanks. Sounds reasonable.

Thanks,

Moritz

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