netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/5] Remove uses of kmap

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Date:   Tue, 22 Nov 2022 13:29:03 +0200
From:   Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
To:     Anirudh Venkataramanan <anirudh.venkataramanan@...el.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>,
        "Fabio M . De Francesco" <fmdefrancesco@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/5] Remove uses of kmap_atomic()

On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 02:25:52PM -0800, Anirudh Venkataramanan wrote:
> kmap_atomic() is being deprecated. This little series replaces the last
> few uses of kmap_atomic() in ethernet drivers with either page_address()
> or kmap_local_page().
> 
> Anirudh Venkataramanan (5):
>   ch_ktls: Use kmap_local_page() instead of kmap_atomic()
>   sfc: Use kmap_local_page() instead of kmap_atomic()
>   cassini: Remove unnecessary use of kmap_atomic()
>   cassini: Use kmap_local_page() instead of kmap_atomic()
>   sunvnet: Use kmap_local_page() instead of kmap_atomic()
> 
>  .../chelsio/inline_crypto/ch_ktls/chcr_ktls.c | 10 ++---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/tx.c                 |  4 +-


>  drivers/net/ethernet/sun/cassini.c            | 40 ++++++-------------
>  drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sunvnet_common.c     |  4 +-

Dave, Jakub, Paolo
I wonder if these drivers can be simply deleted.

Thanks

>  4 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)
> 
> 
> base-commit: b4b221bd79a1c698d9653e3ae2c3cb61cdc9aee7
> -- 
> 2.37.2
>