netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: Use dma_pool

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Message-ID: <CAFqt6zbpKQxCSp4=g4ZhpU8SjdFcEHxQN+a2A43ycjtZ0iOOfA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 8 Mar 2018 20:02:01 +0530
From:   Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@...il.com>
To:     Krzysztof Hałasa <khalasa@...p.pl>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: Use dma_pool_zalloc()

On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 7:15 PM, Krzysztof Hałasa <khalasa@...p.pl> wrote:
> Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@...il.com> writes:
>
>> Any comment for this patch.
>
> I thought something like this was already aplied.

I am not seeing anything similar till 4.16-rc4.
Is it going to merge in netdev git ?

>
> Acked-by: Krzysztof Halasa <khalasa@...p.pl>
>
>> On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 9:58 PM, Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@...il.com> wrote:
>>> Use dma_pool_zalloc() instead of dma_pool_alloc + memset
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@...il.com>
>>> ---
>>>  drivers/net/ethernet/xscale/ixp4xx_eth.c | 3 +--
>>>  drivers/net/wan/ixp4xx_hss.c             | 3 +--
>>>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/xscale/ixp4xx_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/xscale/ixp4xx_eth.c
>>> index aee55c0..5710ae8 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/xscale/ixp4xx_eth.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/xscale/ixp4xx_eth.c
>>> @@ -1108,10 +1108,9 @@ static int init_queues(struct port *port)
>>>                         return -ENOMEM;
>>>         }
>>>
>>> -       if (!(port->desc_tab = dma_pool_alloc(dma_pool, GFP_KERNEL,
>>> +       if (!(port->desc_tab = dma_pool_zalloc(dma_pool, GFP_KERNEL,
>>>                                               &port->desc_tab_phys)))
>>>                 return -ENOMEM;
>>> -       memset(port->desc_tab, 0, POOL_ALLOC_SIZE);
>>>         memset(port->rx_buff_tab, 0, sizeof(port->rx_buff_tab)); /* tables */
>>>         memset(port->tx_buff_tab, 0, sizeof(port->tx_buff_tab));
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/net/wan/ixp4xx_hss.c b/drivers/net/wan/ixp4xx_hss.c
>>> index 6a505c2..0caffbf 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/net/wan/ixp4xx_hss.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/net/wan/ixp4xx_hss.c
>>> @@ -976,10 +976,9 @@ static int init_hdlc_queues(struct port *port)
>>>                         return -ENOMEM;
>>>         }
>>>
>>> -       if (!(port->desc_tab = dma_pool_alloc(dma_pool, GFP_KERNEL,
>>> +       if (!(port->desc_tab = dma_pool_zalloc(dma_pool, GFP_KERNEL,
>>>                                               &port->desc_tab_phys)))
>>>                 return -ENOMEM;
>>> -       memset(port->desc_tab, 0, POOL_ALLOC_SIZE);
>>>         memset(port->rx_buff_tab, 0, sizeof(port->rx_buff_tab)); /* tables */
>>>         memset(port->tx_buff_tab, 0, sizeof(port->tx_buff_tab));
>>>
>
> --
> Krzysztof Halasa
>
> Industrial Research Institute for Automation and Measurements PIAP
> Al. Jerozolimskie 202, 02-486 Warsaw, Poland

-Souptick