netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/8] iommu: Add a gfp parameter to iommu

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Message-ID: <Y85ahCk3sRTVAU8O@8bytes.org>
Date:   Mon, 23 Jan 2023 10:59:32 +0100
From:   Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>
To:     Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>
Cc:     Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>,
        Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com>,
        Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@...el.com>,
        Matthew Rosato <mjrosato@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>,
        ath10k@...ts.infradead.org, ath11k@...ts.infradead.org,
        Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ux.ibm.com>,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, iommu@...ts.linux.dev,
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        Niklas Schnelle <schnelle@...ux.ibm.com>,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/8] iommu: Add a gfp parameter to iommu_map()

On Fri, Jan 20, 2023 at 01:53:40PM -0400, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > Well, having GFP parameters is not a strict kernel convention. There are
> > places doing it differently and have sleeping and atomic variants of
> > APIs. I have to say I like the latter more. But given that this leads to
> > an invasion of API functions here which all do the same under the hood, I
> > agree it is better to go with a GFP parameter here.
> 
> Ok, I think we are done with this series, I'll stick it in linux-next
> for a bit and send you a PR so the trees stay in sync

This series mostly touches parts outside of IOMMUFD, so we should follow
the process here and let this reach linux-next via the IOMMU tree.
Please send me a new version and I will put it into a separate branch
where you can pull it from.

Regards,

	Joerg