linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH virtio] virtio: virtio_console: fix DMA memory allocation for rproc serial

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Date:   Mon, 16 Nov 2020 16:39:07 +0000
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Arnaud POULIQUEN <arnaud.pouliquen@...com>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Alexander Lobakin <alobakin@...me>,
        Amit Shah <amit@...nel.org>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Suman Anna <s-anna@...com>,
        Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@...aro.org>,
        Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>,
        Ohad Ben-Cohen <ohad@...ery.com>,
        "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
        Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>,
        "virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org" 
        <virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
        "linux-remoteproc@...r.kernel.org" <linux-remoteproc@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "stable@...r.kernel.org" <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH virtio] virtio: virtio_console: fix DMA memory allocation
 for rproc serial

Btw, I also still don't understand why remoteproc is using
dma_declare_coherent_memory to start with.  The virtio code has exactly
one call to dma_alloc_coherent vring_alloc_queue, a function that
already switches between two different allocators.  Why can't we just
add a third allocator specifically for these remoteproc memory carveouts
and bypass dma_declare_coherent_memory entirely?