netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: sh_eth: use correct "struct device" when calling DMA mapping functions

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Date:   Tue, 5 Dec 2017 09:36:11 +0100
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>,
        Niklas Söderlund 
        <niklas.soderlund+renesas@...natech.se>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
        Simon Horman <horms+renesas@...ge.net.au>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux-Renesas <linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: sh_eth: use correct "struct device" when calling
 DMA mapping functions

On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 2:33 PM, Thomas Petazzoni
<thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com> wrote:
> There are two types of "struct device": the one representing the
> physical device on its physical bus (platform, SPI, PCI, etc.), and
> the one representing the logical device in its device class (net,
> etc.).
>
> The DMA mapping API expects to receive as argument a "struct device"
> representing the physical device, as the "struct device" contains
> information about the bus that the DMA API needs.
>
> However, the sh_eth driver mistakenly uses the "struct device"
> representing the logical device (embedded in "struct net_device")
> rather than the "struct device" representing the physical device on
> its bus.
>
> This commit fixes that by adjusting all calls to the DMA mapping API.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com>

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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