netdev - Re: [PATCH] hippi: switch from 'pci_' to 'dma

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Date:   Tue, 08 Sep 2020 20:17:16 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr
Cc:     jes@...ined-monkey.org, kuba@...nel.org, linux-hippi@...site.dk,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hippi: switch from 'pci_' to 'dma_' API

From: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
Date: Tue,  8 Sep 2020 22:08:39 +0200

> The wrappers in include/linux/pci-dma-compat.h should go away.
> 
> The patch has been generated with the coccinelle script below and has been
> hand modified to replace GFP_ with a correct flag.
> It has been compile tested.
> 
> When memory is allocated in 'rr_init_one()' GFP_KERNEL can be used because
> it is a probe function and no spinlock is taken in the between.
> 
> When memory is allocated in 'rr_open()' GFP_KERNEL can be used because
> it is a '.ndo_open' function (see struct net_device_ops) and no spinlock is
> taken in the between.
> '.ndo_open' functions are synchronized using the rtnl_lock() semaphore.
 ...
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>

Applied.