Re: [PATCH 2/3] dma-mapping: don't return errors from dma_set_seg_boundary

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Thu Aug 01 2024 - 09:34:07 EST


On Thu, Aug 01, 2024 at 01:36:01PM +0100, Robin Murphy wrote:
> I guess I assumed that the old block layer bodges in this area had been
> cleaned up already - perhaps it *is* high time for whatever's left to grow
> a proper understanding of whether a block device actually does its own DMA
> or not.

Can you point to a discussion on that? The concepts here don't make
quite sense to me.