linux-kernel - RE: remove dma_alloc

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Message-ID: <063D6719AE5E284EB5DD2968C1650D6DD0026C08@AcuExch.aculab.com>
Date:   Tue, 20 Jun 2017 12:44:03 +0000
From:   David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:     'Christoph Hellwig' <hch@....de>,
        "linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-serial@...r.kernel.org" <linux-serial@...r.kernel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-metag@...r.kernel.org" <linux-metag@...r.kernel.org>,
        "nios2-dev@...ts.rocketboards.org" <nios2-dev@...ts.rocketboards.org>,
        "linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org" <linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "alsa-devel@...a-project.org" <alsa-devel@...a-project.org>
CC:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: remove dma_alloc_noncoherent

From: Christoph Hellwig
> Sent: 16 June 2017 08:17
>
> For many years we've had the dma_alloc_attrs API that is more flexible
> than dma_alloc_noncoherent.  This series moves the remaining users over
> to the attrs API.

And most of the callers probably only want to specify 'noncoherent'.
Grepping the source for other uses is easier if the wrapper is left.

	David