Re: [PATCH] starfire: switch from 'pci_' to 'dma_' API

From: David Miller
Date: Mon Aug 24 2020 - 20:33:48 EST


From: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2020 08:26:41 +0200

> The wrappers in include/linux/pci-dma-compat.h should go away.
>
> The patch has been generated with the coccinelle script below and has been
> hand modified to replace GFP_ with a correct flag.
> It has been compile tested.
>
> When memory is allocated in 'netdev_open()', GFP_ATOMIC must be used
> because it can be called from a .ndo_tx_timeout function.
> So this function can be called with the 'netif_tx_lock' acquired.
> The call chain is:
> --> tx_timeout (.ndo_tx_timeout function)
> --> netdev_open
>
...
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>

Applied.