linux-kernel - Re: remove the ->mapping_error method from dma_map

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Date:   Fri, 30 Nov 2018 11:43:18 -0800
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Cc:     iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org, jdmason@...zu.us,
        joro@...tes.org, David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
        Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>,
        robin.murphy@....com, "the arch/x86 maintainers" <x86@...nel.org>,
        linux-alpha@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org, linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org,
        xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux List Kernel Mailing <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: remove the ->mapping_error method from dma_map_ops V3

On Fri, Nov 30, 2018 at 5:23 AM Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de> wrote:
>
> Error reporting for the dma_map_single and dma_map_page operations is
> currently a mess. [..]

I don't see anything objectionable there, but it's not like I checked
any of the context of the patches. For all I know there are odd corner
cases where some zero vs DMA_MAPPING_ERROR confusion lurks, but I
guess we'll find out..

So you can add my acked-by, fwiw.

                Linus