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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] dma-debug: implement dynamic entry allocation
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2018 18:34:12 +0100
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On Mon, Dec 03, 2018 at 05:28:05PM +0000, Robin Murphy wrote:
> The HNS_ENET discussion got me thinking, why not just make DMA debug
> cleverer so that (in terms of basic functionality at least) we don't
> need to worry about driver- or arch-specific configuration at all?
> 
> Patches #2 and #3 are the real meat here - #1 is just some preparatory
> cleanup motivated by moving printks around, and could be split out if
> desired; I kept #4 separate as a possible nice-to-have depending on
> what people think.

Hah, I just thought of this and suggested it a few seconds ago.
So obviously I think it is a good idea, but let me look at the details.