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

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Message-Id: <20200824.175637.805257656507953369.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Mon, 24 Aug 2020 17:56:37 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr
Cc:     kuba@...nel.org, leon@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] chelsio: switch from 'pci_' to 'dma_' API

From: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2020 10:36:48 +0200

> The wrappers in include/linux/pci-dma-compat.h should go away.
> 
> The patch has been generated with the coccinelle script below and has been
> hand modified to replace GFP_ with a correct flag.
> It has been compile tested.
> 
> When memory is allocated in 'free_rx_resources()' and
> 'alloc_tx_resources()' (sge.c) GFP_KERNEL can be used because it is
> already used in these functions.
> 
> Moreover, they can only be called from a .ndo_open	function. So it is
> guarded by the 'rtnl_lock()', which is a mutex.
> 
> While at it, a pr_err message in 'init_one()' has been updated accordingly
> (s/consistent/coherent).
 ...
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>

Applied, thanks.