Re: [PATCH] sis: switch from 'pci_' to 'dma_' API

From: David Miller
Date: Mon Jul 20 2020 - 20:50:41 EST


From: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2020 15:36:09 +0200

> The wrappers in include/linux/pci-dma-compat.h should go away.
>
> The patch has been generated with the coccinelle script below and has been
> hand modified to replace GFP_ with a correct flag.
> It has been compile tested.
>
>
> When memory is allocated in 'epic_init_one()' (sis190.c), GFP_KERNEL can be
> used because this is a net_device_ops' 'ndo_open' function. This function
> is protected by the rtnl_lock() semaphore. So only a mutex is used and no
> spin_lock is acquired.
>
> When memory is allocated in 'sis900_probe()' (sis900.c), GFP_KERNEL can be
> used because it is a probe function and no spin_lock is acquired.
...
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>

Applied.