linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: sky2: switch from 'pci_' to 'dma

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Date:   Sat, 11 Jul 2020 23:32:45 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>,
        mlindner@...vell.com, stephen@...workplumber.org,
        davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: sky2: switch from 'pci_' to 'dma_' API

On Sun, 2020-07-12 at 08:29 +0200, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> Le 11/07/2020 à 23:20, Joe Perches a écrit :
> > On Sat, 2020-07-11 at 22:49 +0200, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> > > The wrappers in include/linux/pci-dma-compat.h should go away.
> > why?
> > 
> > 
>  From Christoph Hellwig 
> https://marc.info/?l=kernel-janitors&m=158745678307186&w=4

There's no why there.
There's just an assertion a wrapper should "go away".

"the wrappers in include/linux/pci-dma-compat.h should go away"

wrappers aren't all bad.