linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] Revert "remoteproc: qcom_q6v5_mss: map/unmap metadata region before/after use"

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Date:   Fri, 23 Dec 2022 16:51:41 +0100
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@...aro.org>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, Andy Gross <agross@...nel.org>,
        Bjorn Andersson <andersson@...nel.org>,
        Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@...aro.org>,
        Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@...aro.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@...il.com>,
        linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, linux-remoteproc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        iommu@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Revert "remoteproc: qcom_q6v5_mss: map/unmap
 metadata region before/after use"

On Fri, Dec 23, 2022 at 09:10:39PM +0530, Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 23, 2022 at 03:57:22PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 23, 2022 at 08:17:31PM +0530, Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote:
> > > Acked-by: Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@...aro.org>
> > 
> > Btw, if the hardware really does not like a kernel mapping, the
> > right way is to just keep using the normal dma allocator, but make
> > sure that there shared-dma-pool with the no-map property for the
> > device.
> 
> Sibi posted a series that uses a separate no-map carveout for this usecase:
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20221213140724.8612-1-quic_sibis@quicinc.com/

Oh, I've missed that entire thread.  I actually stumbled over this
today while finding it during a vmap audit..