linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] i2c: at91: use dma safe buffers

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Date:   Fri, 4 Mar 2022 09:54:24 +0100
From:   Christian König <christian.koenig@....com>
To:     Wolfram Sang <wsa@...nel.org>, Michael Walle <michael@...le.cc>,
        Codrin Ciubotariu <codrin.ciubotariu@...rochip.com>,
        Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...rochip.com>,
        Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>,
        Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea@...rochip.com>,
        Sumit Semwal <sumit.semwal@...aro.org>,
        linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linaro-mm-sig@...ts.linaro.org,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] i2c: at91: use dma safe buffers

Am 04.03.22 um 09:43 schrieb Wolfram Sang:
>> I'm getting quite a bunch of unrelated mails because the regex is not the
>> best.
> I can imagine!
>
>> On the other hand the framework is used in a lot of drivers and I do want to
>> be notified when they mess with their interfaces.
> Sure thing. I am convinced the regex can be improved to ensure that to a
> high degree. I think it is also less work for you than asking people to
> rename their variable all the time :)

Well not all the time. It's just that you absolutely hit the nail on the 
head with the name.

The local variable for the DMA-buf handle is just nearly always named 
dma_buf or dmabuf in the drivers.

Christian.

>
>> Going to take a another look at that when I have time.
> Thank you!
>