RE: RE: [PATCH net v2 1/2] net: ll_temac: Fix DMA resources leak

[Katakam, Harini]

Hi Christophe,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, July 8, 2023 6:46 PM
> To: Katakam, Harini <harini.katakam@xxxxxxx>; Jakub Kicinski
> <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>; Jonas Suhr Christensen <jsc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx>; netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; David S.
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> Subject: Re: RE: [PATCH net v2 1/2] net: ll_temac: Fix DMA resources leak
> 
> Le 14/03/2023 à 06:15, Katakam, Harini a écrit :
> > Hi Jakub, Jonas,
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2023 12:19 AM
> >> To: Jonas Suhr Christensen <jsc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Katakam, Harini
> >> <harini.katakam@xxxxxxx>
> >> Cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx>; netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; David S.
> >> Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>;
> >> Michal Simek <michal.simek@xxxxxxxxxx>; Haoyue Xu
> >> <xuhaoyue1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; huangjunxian
> >> <huangjunxian6@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Wang Qing <wangqing@xxxxxxxx>; Yang
> >> Yingliang <yangyingliang@xxxxxxxxxx>; Esben Haabendal
> >> <esben@xxxxxxxxxx>; linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> >> linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2 1/2] net: ll_temac: Fix DMA resources leak
> >>
> >> On Mon, 13 Mar 2023 19:37:00 +0100 Jonas Suhr Christensen wrote:
> >>> On Tue, Feb 7, 2023, at 19:42, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> >>>> On Tue, 07 Feb 2023 12:36:11 +0100 Paolo Abeni wrote:
> >>>>> You can either try change to phys type to __be32 (likely not
> >>>>> suitable for -net and possibly can introduce even more warnings
> >>>>> elsewhere)
> >>>>
> >>>> FWIW that seems like the best option to me as well. Let's ignore
> >>>> the sparse warning for v3 and try to switch phys to __be32 in a
> >>>> separate patch for net-next. No point adding force casts just to
> >>>> have to remove them a week later, given how prevalent the problem is.
> >>>>
> >>>>> or explicitly cast the argument.
> >>>
> >>> I no longer have access to the hardware, so I'm not rewriting the
> >>> batch. Feel free to take ownership of it and fix what's needed.
> >>
> >> Ack.
> >>
> >> Harini, are you the designated maintainer for this driver? Could you
> >> add a MAINTAINERS entry for it? I don't see one right now.
> >> And possibly pick up these patches / fix the problem, if you have the cycles?
> >
> > Sure, Srinivas (cced) will pick up this series and send a v3.
> > I'll get back on the state of this IP/driver for the maintainers list.
> > Will include that patch in the beginning of the series as well.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Harini
> >
> 
> Hi,
> 
> this patch, or an updated version, has not reached -next yet.
> 
> Does someone still working on it, or did it got lost?

Apologies, we dint get a chance to close on this. We'll fix and re-spin next month.
This IP and driver are in minimal support mode right now.
We'll update the maintainers entry.

Regards,
Harini