netdev - Re: [PATCH (net.git)] stmmac: fix dma api misuse

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Date:	Fri, 29 Aug 2014 19:56:05 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	peppe.cavallaro@...com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, andre.draszik@...com, hdegoede@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH (net.git)] stmmac: fix dma api misuse

From: Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@...com>
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 11:27:00 +0200

> Enabling DMA_API_DEBUG, warnings are reported at runtime
> because the device driver frees DMA memory with wrong functions
> and it does not call dma_mapping_error after mapping dma memory.
> 
> The first problem is fixed by of introducing a flag that helps us
> keeping track which mapping technique was used, so that we can use
> the right API for unmap.
> This approach was inspired by the e1000 driver, which uses a similar
> technique.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andre Draszik <andre.draszik@...com>
> Signed-off-by: Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@...com>
> Reviewed-by: Denis Kirjanov <kda@...ux-powerpc.org>
> Cc: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>

Applied.
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