From: Christoph Hellwig <hch-jcswGhMUV9g@public.gmane.org>
To: David Miller <davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/12] iommu-common: move to arch/sparc
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2018 21:55:29 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180417195529.GA31335@lst.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180416.095833.969403163564136309.davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org>
On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 09:58:33AM -0400, David Miller wrote:
> From: Anshuman Khandual <khandual-23VcF4HTsmIX0ybBhKVfKdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
> Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2018 14:26:07 +0530
>
> > On 04/15/2018 08:29 PM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> >> This code is only used by sparc, and all new iommu drivers should use the
> >> drivers/iommu/ framework. Also remove the unused exports.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch-jcswGhMUV9g@public.gmane.org>
> >
> > Right, these functions are used only from SPARC architecture. Simple
> > git grep confirms it as well. Hence it makes sense to move them into
> > arch code instead.
>
> Well, we put these into a common location and used type friendly for
> powerpc because we hoped powerpc would convert over to using this
> common piece of code as well.
>
> But nobody did the powerpc work.
>
> If you look at the powerpc iommu support, it's the same code basically
> for entry allocation.
I could also introduce a new config symbol and keep it in common code,
but it has been there for a while without any new user.
Right now it just means we built the code for everyone who selects
CONFIG_IOMMU_HELPER, which is just about anyone these days.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-04-17 19:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-04-15 14:59 centralize SWIOTLB config symbol and misc other cleanups Christoph Hellwig
[not found] ` <20180415145947.1248-1-hch-jcswGhMUV9g@public.gmane.org>
2018-04-15 14:59 ` [PATCH 01/12] iommu-common: move to arch/sparc Christoph Hellwig
2018-04-16 8:56 ` Anshuman Khandual
[not found] ` <f0305a92-b206-1567-3c25-67fbd194047d-23VcF4HTsmIX0ybBhKVfKdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
2018-04-16 13:58 ` David Miller
[not found] ` <20180416.095833.969403163564136309.davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org>
2018-04-17 5:50 ` Anshuman Khandual
[not found] ` <f5741528-427d-3537-5498-2080766df0fe-23VcF4HTsmIX0ybBhKVfKdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
2018-04-17 12:53 ` Michael Ellerman
2018-04-17 19:55 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2018-04-15 14:59 ` [PATCH 02/12] iommu-helper: unexport iommu_area_alloc Christoph Hellwig
2018-04-15 21:52 ` Sam Ravnborg
2018-04-16 9:06 ` Anshuman Khandual
2018-04-15 14:59 ` [PATCH 03/12] iommu-helper: mark iommu_is_span_boundary as inline Christoph Hellwig
2018-04-15 14:59 ` [PATCH 04/12] iommu-helper: move the IOMMU_HELPER config symbol to lib/ Christoph Hellwig
[not found] ` <20180415145947.1248-5-hch-jcswGhMUV9g@public.gmane.org>
2018-04-16 9:43 ` Anshuman Khandual
2018-04-15 14:59 ` [PATCH 05/12] scatterlist: move the NEED_SG_DMA_LENGTH config symbol to lib/Kconfig Christoph Hellwig
[not found] ` <20180415145947.1248-6-hch-jcswGhMUV9g@public.gmane.org>
2018-04-16 9:54 ` Anshuman Khandual
2018-04-15 14:59 ` [PATCH 06/12] dma-mapping: move the NEED_DMA_MAP_STATE " Christoph Hellwig
[not found] ` <20180415145947.1248-7-hch-jcswGhMUV9g@public.gmane.org>
2018-04-16 9:57 ` Anshuman Khandual
2018-04-15 14:59 ` [PATCH 07/12] arch: remove the ARCH_PHYS_ADDR_T_64BIT config symbol Christoph Hellwig
2018-04-15 14:59 ` [PATCH 08/12] arch: define the ARCH_DMA_ADDR_T_64BIT config symbol in lib/Kconfig Christoph Hellwig
2018-04-15 14:59 ` [PATCH 09/12] PCI: remove CONFIG_PCI_BUS_ADDR_T_64BIT Christoph Hellwig
[not found] ` <20180415145947.1248-10-hch-jcswGhMUV9g@public.gmane.org>
2018-04-20 18:42 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2018-04-15 14:59 ` [PATCH 10/12] arm: don't build swiotlb by default Christoph Hellwig
2018-04-15 14:59 ` [PATCH 11/12] swiotlb: move the SWIOTLB config symbol to lib/Kconfig Christoph Hellwig
[not found] ` <20180415145947.1248-12-hch-jcswGhMUV9g@public.gmane.org>
2018-04-17 6:10 ` Anshuman Khandual
2018-04-15 14:59 ` [PATCH 12/12] swiotlb: remove the CONFIG_DMA_DIRECT_OPS ifdefs Christoph Hellwig
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