Re: [PATCH 12/21] dma-iommu: factor atomic pool allocations into helpers
From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Wed Apr 17 2019 - 02:34:14 EST
On Wed, Apr 10, 2019 at 08:11:57AM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 09, 2019 at 06:59:32PM +0100, Robin Murphy wrote:
> > On 27/03/2019 08:04, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> >> This keeps the code together and will simplify compiling the code
> >> out on architectures that are always dma coherent.
> >
> > And this is where things take a turn in the direction I just can't get on
> > with - I'm looking at the final result and the twisty maze of little
> > disjoint helpers all overlapping each other in functionality is really
> > difficult to follow. And I would *much* rather have things rely on
> > compile-time constant optimisation than spend the future having to fix the
> > #ifdefed parts for arm64 whenever x86-centric changes fail to test them.
>
> Can you draft up a patch on top of my series to show me what you
> want? I can take care of finishing it up and moving the changes
> into the right patches in the series.
Any chance to make some progress on this? Or at least a better
description of what you want?