Re: [PATCH] crypto: octeontx2 - Use dma_alloc_coherent() instead of kzalloc/dma_map_single()

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Mon Oct 11 2021 - 04:42:45 EST


On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 12:00:04AM +0800, Cai Huoqing wrote:
> Replacing kzalloc/kfree/dma_map_single/dma_unmap_single()
> with dma_alloc_coherent/dma_free_coherent() helps to reduce
> code size, and simplify the code, and coherent DMA will not
> clear the cache every time.

As just explained in another patch like this please qualify the
savings as we have actual results that shows the reverse of your claims.