Re: [PATCH] net: mvpp2: avoid bouncing buffers

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Mon Mar 11 2019 - 11:47:02 EST


On Fri, Mar 01, 2019 at 03:26:02PM +0100, Antoine Tenart wrote:
> Hi Christoph,
>
> I saw you sent this patch as part of another series back in August, but
> it seems it was never applied and I can't find it even in -next. We made
> some tests and this patch is helping a lot the PPv2 engine driver in
> improving its performances.
>
> Do you plan on re-sending it, or reworking it? Are there current issues
> with it that prevent it from being merged upstream? Can we help in any
> way?

Hi Antoine,

it's been a while, but my vague memory is that this caused failures
in some ARM setups, and I was tought why for AMBA setting up the
default mask is a bad idea. I don't really remember more, though.