From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-7.5 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,MENTIONS_GIT_HOSTING,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED, USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D563AC4360F for ; Wed, 3 Apr 2019 15:36:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DE002084B for ; Wed, 3 Apr 2019 15:36:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726635AbfDCPgH (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Apr 2019 11:36:07 -0400 Received: from verein.lst.de ([213.95.11.211]:33440 "EHLO newverein.lst.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726155AbfDCPgG (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Apr 2019 11:36:06 -0400 Received: by newverein.lst.de (Postfix, from userid 2407) id A42CA68AFE; Wed, 3 Apr 2019 17:35:53 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2019 17:35:52 +0200 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Russell King , x86@kernel.org, Sudip Mukherjee , Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Cc: linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, iommu@lists.linux-foundation.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: remove NULL struct device support in the DMA API Message-ID: <20190403153552.GA26129@lst.de> References: <20190321225235.30648-1-hch@lst.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20190321225235.30648-1-hch@lst.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Any comments on the remaining patches? I'd like to give this series a couple weeks of soaking in linux-next before the end of the merge window, so reviews would be apprciated. On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 03:52:28PM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > We still have a few drivers which pass a NULL struct device pointer > to DMA API functions, which generally is a bad idea as the API > implementations rely on the device not only for ops selection, but > also the dma mask and various other attributes, and many implementations > have been broken for NULL device support for a while. > > This series removes the few remaning users that weren't picked up in > the last merge window and then removes core support for this "feature". > > A git tree is also available at: > > git://git.infradead.org/users/hch/misc.git dma-remove-NULL-dev-support > > Gitweb: > > http://git.infradead.org/users/hch/misc.git/shortlog/refs/heads/dma-remove-NULL-dev-support > _______________________________________________ > iommu mailing list > iommu@lists.linux-foundation.org > https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/iommu ---end quoted text---