Re: [PATCH v8 08/19] arm/xen: get_dma_ops: return xen_dma_ops ifwe are running as xen_initial_domain

From: Russell King - ARM Linux
Date: Fri Oct 18 2013 - 11:49:01 EST


On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 04:46:00PM +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Oct 2013, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 01:22:18PM +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> > > Russell,
> > > are you OK with this patch?
> >
> > Only concern is why the change is soo large.
> >
> > > > -static inline struct dma_map_ops *get_dma_ops(struct device *dev)
> > > > +static inline struct dma_map_ops *__generic_dma_ops(struct device *dev)
> > > > {
> > > > if (dev && dev->archdata.dma_ops)
> > > > return dev->archdata.dma_ops;
> > > > return &arm_dma_ops;
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > +static inline struct dma_map_ops *get_dma_ops(struct device *dev)
> > > > +{
> > > > + if (xen_initial_domain())
> > > > + return xen_dma_ops;
> > > > + else
> > > > + return __generic_dma_ops(dev);
> > > > +}
> > > > +
> >
> > What's wrong with:
> >
> > static inline struct dma_map_ops *get_dma_ops(struct device *dev)
> > {
> > + if (xen_initial_domain())
> > + return xen_dma_ops;
> > if (dev && dev->archdata.dma_ops)
> > return dev->archdata.dma_ops;
> > return &arm_dma_ops;
> > }
>
>
> xen_dma_ops functions might have to call back the native implementation.
> With the above there is no way for a xen_dma_ops function to get to
> archdata.dma_ops or arm_dma_ops.
> This is the reason why this patch introduces __generic_dma_ops.

Ah, that's fine then, but having that described in the commit message
would be useful.

Acked-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks.
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