linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] crypto: qat - Use dma_set_mask_and

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Date:   Thu, 26 Nov 2020 12:04:08 +0000
From:   Giovanni Cabiddu <giovanni.cabiddu@...el.com>
To:     Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
Cc:     "herbert@...dor.apana.org.au" <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com" 
        <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        "Trahe, Fiona" <fiona.trahe@...el.com>,
        "Ziemba, Wojciech" <wojciech.ziemba@...el.com>,
        "Chiappero, Marco" <marco.chiappero@...el.com>,
        qat-linux <qat-linux@...el.com>,
        "linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org" <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org" <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: qat - Use dma_set_mask_and_coherent to simplify
 code

Hi Christophe,

On Sat, Nov 21, 2020 at 07:13:59AM +0000, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> 'pci_set_dma_mask()' + 'pci_set_consistent_dma_mask()' can be replaced by
> an equivalent 'dma_set_mask_and_coherent()' which is much less verbose.
> 
> While at it, also remove some unless extra () in the 32 bits case.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
> ---
> Instead of returning -EFAULT, we could also propagate the error returned
> by dma_set_mask_and_coherent()
I'm going to re-submit implementing the comment above and also including
qat_4xxx.

Regards,

-- 
Giovanni