linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] dma-pool: Get rid of dma_in_atomic

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Date:   Fri, 10 Jul 2020 08:50:54 +0200
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
Cc:     Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenzjulienne@...e.de>, hch@....de,
        Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>,
        iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>,
        linux-rpi-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, jeremy.linton@....com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] dma-pool: Get rid of dma_in_atomic_pool()

On Thu, Jul 09, 2020 at 02:51:13PM -0700, David Rientjes wrote:
> On Thu, 9 Jul 2020, Nicolas Saenz Julienne wrote:
> 
> > The function is only used once and can be simplified to a one-liner.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenzjulienne@...e.de>
> 
> I'll leave this one to Christoph to decide on.  One thing I really liked 
> about hacking around in kernel/dma is the coding style, it really follows 
> "one function does one thing and does it well" even if there is only one 
> caller.  dma_in_atomic_pool() was an attempt to follow in those footsteps.

While I like the helper aswell, I don't see how it could work nicely
with the changes in patch 4.