Re: TODO list

[Ravi Kerur <rkerur@gmail.com>]

On 4/7/2015 12:49 AM, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 03, 2015 at 01:40:35PM -0700, Ravi Kerur wrote:
>> Team,
>>
>> I am planning to take up following items from TODO list. If it's already picked please let me know. 
>>
>> * pci_set_dma_mask() and friends should use DMA_BIT_MASK(nn) instead of
>>
>> DMA_nnBIT_MASK or 0xffff... This is not 2.4 compatible, so beware of drivers with same code. [D: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t\x108001993000001] Don't forget to #include dma-mapping.h
>>
>> * check kmallocs for things like GFP_DMA without a memtype. 
>>
> 
> The TODO is desperately out of date.  No one cares about 2.4 at all.
> These days we don't really allow drivers to have backwards compatability
> code so they compile on old kernels.  That stuff has to be stored out of
> the main kernel tree.  We also have the compat-wireless and other
> similar ways of backporting drivers.

Thanks Dan. Do you recommend anything else for contribution? I am not a
newbie to kernel but never contributed to kernel before so any inputs
appreciated.

Thanks,
Ravi
> 
> There are still the occasional GFP_DMA without a memtype issue.  I'm not
> certain what the fix is for those.  You could probably find them using
> Coccinelle.
> 
> regards,
> dan carpenter
>