linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] dma-mapping: move the remaining DMA API calls out of line

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Date:   Tue, 7 Jul 2020 10:43:10 +1000
From:   Alexey Kardashevskiy <aik@...abs.ru>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Cc:     iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>,
        Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] dma-mapping: move the remaining DMA API calls out of
 line



On 03/06/2020 14:13, Alexey Kardashevskiy wrote:
> 
> 
> On 09/05/2020 18:19, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>> On Tue, May 05, 2020 at 02:18:37PM +1000, Alexey Kardashevskiy wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 17/04/2020 17:58, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 09:21:37PM +1000, Alexey Kardashevskiy wrote:
>>>>> And the fact they were exported leaves possibility that there is a
>>>>> driver somewhere relying on these symbols or distro kernel won't build
>>>>> because the symbol disappeared from exports (I do not know what KABI
>>>>> guarantees or if mainline kernel cares).
>>>>
>>>> We absolutely do not care.  In fact for abuses of APIs that drivers
>>>> should not use we almost care to make them private and break people
>>>> abusing them.
>>>
>>> ok :)
>>>
>>>>> I do not care in particular but
>>>>> some might, a line separated with empty lines in the commit log would do.
>>>>
>>>> I'll add a blurb for the next version.
>>>
>>>
>>> Has it gone anywhere? Thanks,
>>
>> I've been hoping for the sg_buf helpers to land first, as they need
>> backporting and would conflict.  Do you urgently need the series?
> 
> Any progress with sg_buf helpers stuff? Thanks,


Any luck there? I'd really like to cross this off my todo list :) Thanks,



-- 
Alexey