netdev - Re: pull request: sfc-next 2012-07-17

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Message-ID: <1342628394.2617.8.camel@bwh-desktop.uk.solarflarecom.com>
Date:	Wed, 18 Jul 2012 17:19:54 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	<linux-net-drivers@...arflare.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: pull request: sfc-next 2012-07-17

On Wed, 2012-07-18 at 09:10 -0700, David Miller wrote:
> From: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
> Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 18:05:40 +0100
> 
> > The following changes since commit 141e369de698f2e17bf716b83fcc647ddcb2220c:
> > 
> >   xfrm: Initialize the struct xfrm_dst behind the dst_enty field (2012-07-14 00:29:12 -0700)
> > 
> > are available in the git repository at:
> >   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bwh/sfc-next.git for-davem
> > 
> > (commit c2dbab39db1c3c2ccbdbb2c6bac6f07cc7a7c1f6)
> > 
> > 1. Fix potential badness when running a self-test with SR-IOV enabled.
> > 2. Fix calculation of some interface statistics that could run backward.
> > 3. Miscellaneous cleanup.
> 
> Looks good, pulled, thanks Ben.
> 
> Out of curiosity, why the conversion to the generic DMA interfaces?
> Do you plan on using something uniquely provided by them vs. the PCI
> specific DMA interfaces (ability to specify GFP flags, stuff like
> that) or do you really plan on having non-PCI devices in the future?

Some DMA operations were already converted because GFP_KERNEL was wanted
or as part of the skb frags API.  I changed the rest to be consistent;
I'm not aware of any plans for non-PCI devices.

Ben.

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