netdev - RE: [PATCH v2 1/1] atm: remove deprecated use of pci api

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Date:	Wed, 14 Jan 2015 14:47:28 +0000
From:	David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:	'David Miller' <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"lambert.quentin@...il.com" <lambert.quentin@...il.com>
CC:	"chas@....nrl.navy.mil" <chas@....nrl.navy.mil>,
	"linux-atm-general@...ts.sourceforge.net" 
	<linux-atm-general@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v2 1/1] atm: remove deprecated use of pci api

From: David Miller
> From: Quentin Lambert <lambert.quentin@...il.com>
> Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 17:10:42 +0100
> 
> > @@ -2246,7 +2246,8 @@ static int eni_init_one(struct pci_dev *pci_dev,
> >  		goto err_disable;
> >
> >  	zero = &eni_dev->zero;
> > -	zero->addr = pci_alloc_consistent(pci_dev, ENI_ZEROES_SIZE, &zero->dma);
> > +	zero->addr = dma_alloc_coherent(&pci_dev->dev, ENI_ZEROES_SIZE,
> > +					&zero->dma, GFP_ATOMIC);
> >  	if (!zero->addr)
> >  		goto err_kfree;
> >
> 
> I really would like you to look at these locations and see if
> GFP_KERNEL can be used instead of GFP_ATOMIC.  I bet that nearly
> all of these can, and it is preferred.

And there isn't much point inlining the wrapper until that has been done.
Not only that, the corresponding pci_free_consistent() calls need changing
at (much) the same time.

	David

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