Re: [PATCH 2/3] ath10k: use dma_zalloc_coherent()

From: Valo, Kalle
Date: Tue Jan 24 2017 - 00:19:07 EST


Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Mon, 2017-01-23 at 15:04 +0000, Srinivas Kandagatla wrote:
>> use dma_zalloc_coherent() instead of dma_alloc_coherent and memset().
> []
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/pci.c
> []
>> @@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ static int ath10k_pci_diag_read_mem(struct ath10k *ar, u32 address, void *data,
>> */
>> alloc_nbytes = min_t(unsigned int, nbytes, DIAG_TRANSFER_LIMIT);
>>
>> - data_buf = (unsigned char *)dma_alloc_coherent(ar->dev,
>> + data_buf = (unsigned char *)dma_zalloc_coherent(ar->dev,
>> alloc_nbytes,
>> &ce_data_base,
>> GFP_ATOMIC);
>
> trivia:
>
> Nicer to realign arguments and remove the unnecessary cast.
>
> Perhaps:
>
> data_buf = dma_zalloc_coherent(ar->dev,Âalloc_nbytes, &ce_data_base,
> ÂGFP_ATOMIC);

Sure, but that should be in a separate patch.

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Kalle Valo