netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/5] DMA fixes for PS3 device drivers

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Message-ID: <8735tyh3i5.fsf@mpe.ellerman.id.au>
Date:   Fri, 04 Jun 2021 10:34:10 +1000
From:   Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
To:     Geoff Levand <geoff@...radead.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] DMA fixes for PS3 device drivers

Geoff Levand <geoff@...radead.org> writes:
> Hi Michael,
>
> On 6/2/21 10:38 PM, Michael Ellerman wrote:
>> Geoff Levand <geoff@...radead.org> writes:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> This is a set of patches that fix various DMA related problems in the PS3
>>> device drivers, and add better error checking and improved message logging.
>>>
>>> The gelic network driver had a number of problems and most of the changes are
>>> in it's sources.
>>>
>>> Please consider.
>> 
>> Who are you thinking would merge this?
>> 
>> It's sort of splattered all over the place, but is mostly networking by
>> lines changed.
>> 
>> Maybe patches 3-5 should go via networking and I take 1-2?
>
> As suggested, I split the V1 series into two separate series, one for
> powerpc, and one for network.  

Thanks.

> I thought it made more sense for patch 3, 'powerpc/ps3: Add dma_mask
> to ps3_dma_region' to go with the powerpc series, so put it into that
> series.

Oh I thought patches 4 and 5 had a dependency on it, but if not yeah
makes sense for patch 3 to go via the powerpc tree.

cheers