linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sparc32: Page align size in arch_dma

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Date:   Tue, 14 Sep 2021 13:26:46 +0200
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Andreas Larsson <andreas@...sler.com>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        sparclinux@...r.kernel.org, Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, software@...sler.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sparc32: Page align size in arch_dma_alloc

On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 01:16:16PM +0200, Andreas Larsson wrote:
> Before the patch, arch_dma_alloc did via srmmu_mapiorange set up pages with 
> SRMMU_PRIV, which is all fine as it sets up kernel buffers. With your patch 
> we get PAGE_KERNEL as an argument to dma_pgprot in the corresponding call 
> path that earlier lead to arch_dma_alloc. PAGE_KERNEL already includes 
> SRMMU_PRIV so adding it again should not be necessary.

You're right, I missed that PAGE_KERNEL already includes SRMMU_PRIV.