Re: [PATCH -next 25/26] fbdev: Use dma_zalloc_coherent

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 10:37 PM, Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/da8xx-fb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/da8xx-fb.c
> index a8484f7..788f6b3 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/da8xx-fb.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/da8xx-fb.c
> @@ -1447,18 +1447,15 @@ static int fb_probe(struct platform_device *device)
>                 da8xx_fb_fix.line_length - 1;
>
>         /* allocate palette buffer */
> -       par->v_palette_base = dma_alloc_coherent(NULL,
> -                                              PALETTE_SIZE,
> -                                              (resource_size_t *)
> -                                              &par->p_palette_base,
> -                                              GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA);
> +       par->v_palette_base = dma_zalloc_coherent(NULL, PALETTE_SIZE,
> +                                                 (resource_size_t *)&par->p_palette_base,

Suggestion for further cleanup: It seems this cast is no longer needed.

> +                                                 GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA);

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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