linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v17 0/4] Replace PCI pool by DMA pool API

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Date:   Thu, 4 Jan 2018 16:59:44 +0100
From:   Romain Perier <romain.perier@...il.com>
To:     Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>
Cc:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@...el.com>,
        Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
        Aviad Krawczyk <aviad.krawczyk@...wei.com>,
        "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
        linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, dmaengine@...r.kernel.org,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v17 0/4] Replace PCI pool by DMA pool API

Hi,

Ok, will do. Thanks !

Romain

2018-01-03 22:34 GMT+01:00 Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>:
> On Tue, Jan 02, 2018 at 04:17:24PM -0600, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
>> On Tue, Jan 02, 2018 at 06:53:52PM +0100, Romain Perier wrote:
>> > The current PCI pool API are simple macro functions direct expanded to
>> > the appropriate dma pool functions. The prototypes are almost the same
>> > and semantically, they are very similar. I propose to use the DMA pool
>> > API directly and get rid of the old API.
>> >
>> > This set of patches, replaces the old API by the dma pool API
>> > and remove the defines.
>> > ...
>>
>> > Romain Perier (4):
>> >   block: DAC960: Replace PCI pool old API
>> >   net: e100: Replace PCI pool old API
>> >   hinic: Replace PCI pool old API
>> >   PCI: Remove PCI pool macro functions
>> >
>> >  drivers/block/DAC960.c                            | 38 +++++++++++------------
>> >  drivers/block/DAC960.h                            |  4 +--
>> >  drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/hinic/hinic_hw_cmdq.c | 10 +++---
>> >  drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/hinic/hinic_hw_cmdq.h |  2 +-
>> >  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e100.c                 | 12 +++----
>> >  include/linux/pci.h                               |  9 ------
>> >  6 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)
>>
>> Applied to pci/misc for v4.16, thanks!
>
> Oops, my mistake.  I can't remove the macros themselves yet because
> some of the uses were removed by patches that were applied via other
> trees, and those patches are not in my tree.
>
> To avoid ordering dependencies during the merge window, I dropped the
> "PCI: Remove PCI pool macro functions" patch.  Please repost that
> after all the removals have made it into Linus' tree.
>
> Bjorn