Re: [RFC v2] dma-mapping: Use unsigned long for dma_attrs

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Wed Jun 01 2016 - 03:52:08 EST


On Wed, Jun 01, 2016 at 07:36:42AM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> > No really for this patch, but I would much prefer to document them next
> > to the code in the long run. Also I really think these BIT() macros
> > are a distraction compared to the (1 << N) notation.
>
> Not much difference to me but maybe plain number:
> ... 0x01u
> ... 0x02u
> ?

I prefer the little bit shifts, but even the explicit values are much
better than the obsfucating macros :) Anyway, your patch and in the end
all three methods will get the work done.

> > I'd just kill this helper, much easier to simply open code it in the
> > caller.
>
> Keeping it for now helps reducing the number of changes in the patch.
> The patch will be quite big as it has to replace all the uses atomically.
>
> I can get rid of the helper in consecutive patch.

Sounds fine.