Re: [PATCH] RDMA/hns: Use dma_alloc_coherent() instead of kmalloc/dma_map_single()

From: Jason Gunthorpe
Date: Mon Sep 27 2021 - 07:59:17 EST


On Sun, Sep 26, 2021 at 02:11:15PM +0800, Cai Huoqing wrote:
> Replacing kmalloc/kfree/dma_map_single/dma_unmap_single()
> with dma_alloc_coherent/dma_free_coherent() helps to reduce
> code size, and simplify the code, and coherent DMA will not
> clear the cache every time.
>
> Signed-off-by: Cai Huoqing <caihuoqing@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/infiniband/hw/hns/hns_roce_hw_v2.c | 20 +++++---------------
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

Given I don't see any dma_sync_single calls for this mapping, isn't
this a correctness fix too?

Jason