netdev - [PATCH RFC 1/2] ixp4xx_eth: avoid calling dma_pool

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Message-Id: <1353219910-24690-1-git-send-email-xi.wang@gmail.com>
Date:	Sun, 18 Nov 2012 01:25:09 -0500
From:	Xi Wang <xi.wang@...il.com>
To:	Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Xi Wang <xi.wang@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH RFC 1/2] ixp4xx_eth: avoid calling dma_pool_create() with NULL dev

Use &port->netdev->dev instead of NULL since dma_pool_create() doesn't
allow NULL dev.

Signed-off-by: Xi Wang <xi.wang@...il.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
---
See also
https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/11/14/11
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/xscale/ixp4xx_eth.c |    8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/xscale/ixp4xx_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/xscale/ixp4xx_eth.c
index 98934bd..477d672 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/xscale/ixp4xx_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/xscale/ixp4xx_eth.c
@@ -1102,10 +1102,12 @@ static int init_queues(struct port *port)
 {
 	int i;
 
-	if (!ports_open)
-		if (!(dma_pool = dma_pool_create(DRV_NAME, NULL,
-						 POOL_ALLOC_SIZE, 32, 0)))
+	if (!ports_open) {
+		dma_pool = dma_pool_create(DRV_NAME, &port->netdev->dev,
+					   POOL_ALLOC_SIZE, 32, 0);
+		if (!dma_pool)
 			return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 
 	if (!(port->desc_tab = dma_pool_alloc(dma_pool, GFP_KERNEL,
 					      &port->desc_tab_phys)))
-- 
1.7.10.4

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