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

From: David Miller
Date: Tue Sep 08 2020 - 23:17:22 EST


From: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2020 22:08:39 +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 'rr_init_one()' GFP_KERNEL can be used because
> it is a probe function and no spinlock is taken in the between.
>
> When memory is allocated in 'rr_open()' GFP_KERNEL can be used because
> it is a '.ndo_open' function (see struct net_device_ops) and no spinlock is
> taken in the between.
> '.ndo_open' functions are synchronized using the rtnl_lock() semaphore.
...
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>

Applied.