linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: ethernet: fs-enet: remove casting dma_alloc

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Date:   Fri, 11 Dec 2020 16:22:23 +0100
From:   Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
To:     Xu Wang <vulab@...as.ac.cn>, pantelis.antoniou@...il.com,
        davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: ethernet: fs-enet: remove casting dma_alloc_coherent



Le 11/12/2020 à 09:52, Xu Wang a écrit :
> Remove casting the values returned by dma_alloc_coherent.

Can you explain more in the commit log ?

As far as I can see, dma_alloc_coherent() doesn't return __iomem, and ring_base member is __iomem

Christophe

> 
> Signed-off-by: Xu Wang <vulab@...as.ac.cn>
> ---
>   drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/mac-fec.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/mac-fec.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/mac-fec.c
> index 99fe2c210d0f..3ae345676e50 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/mac-fec.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/mac-fec.c
> @@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ static int allocate_bd(struct net_device *dev)
>   	struct fs_enet_private *fep = netdev_priv(dev);
>   	const struct fs_platform_info *fpi = fep->fpi;
>   
> -	fep->ring_base = (void __force __iomem *)dma_alloc_coherent(fep->dev,
> +	fep->ring_base = dma_alloc_coherent(fep->dev,
>   					    (fpi->tx_ring + fpi->rx_ring) *
>   					    sizeof(cbd_t), &fep->ring_mem_addr,
>   					    GFP_KERNEL);
>