From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
To: Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>,
akpm@linux-foundation.org, arnd@arndb.de,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] dma-mapping: consolidate dma_{alloc,free}_noncoherent
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2015 19:55:41 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150813175541.GA21103@lst.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150813152040.GQ7557@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk>
On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 04:20:40PM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > -/*
> > - * Dummy noncoherent implementation. We don't provide a dma_cache_sync
> > - * function so drivers using this API are highlighted with build warnings.
> > - */
>
> I'd like a similar comment to remain after this patch explaining that we
> don't support non-coherent allocations and that it'll be highlighted by
> the lack of dma_cache_sync, otherwise I'm sure we'll start to get patches
> to add the thing.
I'll keep a modified version of this comment in the ARM dma-mapping.h
in addition to an explanation near the new common dma_alloc_noncoherent
definition, thanks!
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-08-13 17:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-08-13 15:04 provide more common DMA API functions Christoph Hellwig
2015-08-13 15:04 ` [PATCH 1/5] dma-mapping: consolidate dma_{alloc, free}_{attrs, coherent} Christoph Hellwig
2015-08-13 15:04 ` [PATCH 2/5] dma-mapping: consolidate dma_{alloc,free}_noncoherent Christoph Hellwig
2015-08-13 15:20 ` [PATCH 2/5] dma-mapping: consolidate dma_{alloc, free}_noncoherent Russell King - ARM Linux
2015-08-13 17:55 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2015-08-13 15:04 ` [PATCH 3/5] dma-mapping: cosolidate dma_mapping_error Christoph Hellwig
2015-08-13 15:04 ` [PATCH 4/5] dma-mapping: consolidate dma_supported Christoph Hellwig
2015-08-13 15:04 ` [PATCH 5/5] dma-mapping: consolidate dma_set_mask Christoph Hellwig
2015-08-13 15:25 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2015-08-13 17:58 ` Christoph Hellwig
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2015-08-17 7:06 provide more common DMA API functions V2 Christoph Hellwig
2015-08-17 7:06 ` [PATCH 2/5] dma-mapping: consolidate dma_{alloc,free}_noncoherent Christoph Hellwig
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