linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] DMA mapping: Move SME handling to x86-specific files

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Message-ID: <87r26ug6qg.fsf@morokweng.localdomain>
Date:   Fri, 12 Jul 2019 20:42:31 -0300
From:   Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Cc:     x86@...nel.org, iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        linux-s390@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>,
        Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>,
        Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
        Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
        Halil Pasic <pasic@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Mike Anderson <andmike@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Ram Pai <linuxram@...ibm.com>,
        "Lendacky\, Thomas" <thomas.lendacky@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] DMA mapping: Move SME handling to x86-specific files


[ Cc'ing Tom Lendacky which I forgot to do earlier. Sorry about that. ]

Hello Christoph,

Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de> writes:

> Honestly I think this code should go away without any replacement.
> There is no reason why we should have a special debug printk just
> for one specific reason why there is a requirement for a large DMA
> mask.

Makes sense. I'll submit a v2 which just removes this code.

-- 
Thiago Jung Bauermann
IBM Linux Technology Center