Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] DMA-API: Change dma_declare_coherent_memory() CPU address to phys_addr_t

From: Arnd Bergmann
Date: Wed May 07 2014 - 03:39:10 EST


On Tuesday 06 May 2014 16:48:26 Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> dma_declare_coherent_memory() takes two addresses for a region of memory: a
> "bus_addr" and a "device_addr". I think the intent is that "bus_addr" is
> the physical address a *CPU* would use to access the region, and
> "device_addr" is the bus address the *device* would use to address the
> region.
>
> Rename "bus_addr" to "phys_addr" and change its type to phys_addr_t.
> Most callers already supply a phys_addr_t for this argument. The others
> supply a 32-bit integer (a constant, unsigned int, or __u32) and need no
> change.
>
> Use "unsigned long", not phys_addr_t, to hold PFNs.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx>
>

Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
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