Re: [PATCH v2 -mm 01/14] adds include/linux/pci-dma.h

[David Howells]

FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This patch adds include/linux/pci-dma.h that defines the pci_unmap
> state API:
> 
> DECLARE_PCI_UNMAP_ADDR(ADDR_NAME)
> DECLARE_PCI_UNMAP_LEN(LEN_NAME)
> pci_unmap_addr(PTR, ADDR_NAME)
> pci_unmap_addr_set(PTR, ADDR_NAME, VAL)
> pci_unmap_len(PTR, LEN_NAME)
> pci_unmap_len_set(PTR, LEN_NAME, VAL)
> 
> This enables us to remove lots of the duplication in architecture
> implementations since there are only two ways to define the API.
> 
> If architectures define CONFIG_NEED_DMA_MAP_STATE, they get the real
> definition of pci_unmap state API. If not, they get the noop
> definition.
> 
> In the long term, it's better to replace the API with the generic
> device model API such as DECLARE_DMA_UNMAP_ADDR. We can map the API to
> the generic one (like dma-mapping-compat.h does). This patch also
> makes the migration process easier. We can remove this file after the
> migration.
> 
> It might be simpler to add the API to include/linux/pci.h but looks
> it's already too large. We'll remove pci-dma.h after finishing moving
> to the generic device model. So I put the API to a separate file.
> 
> Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
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