Re: [PATCH V2] natsemi: switch from 'pci_' to 'dma_' API

[David Miller]

From: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2020 07:46:28 +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 'alloc_ring()' (natsemi.c) GFP_KERNEL can be
> used because it is only called from 'netdev_open()', which is a '.ndo_open'
> function. Such function are synchronized with the rtnl_lock() semaphore.
> 
> When memory is allocated in 'ns83820_init_one()' (ns83820.c) GFP_KERNEL can
> be used because it is a probe function and no lock is taken in the between.
 ...
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> If needed, see post from Christoph Hellwig on the kernel-janitors ML:
>    https://marc.info/?l=kernel-janitors&m=158745678307186&w=4
> 
> V2: fix description (duplicated comment and wrong file name)

Applied, thank you.