From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Eli Billauer <eli.billauer@gmail.com>
Cc: Joerg Roedel <joro@8bytes.org>,
devel@driverdev.osuosl.org, Shuah Khan <shuah.kh@samsung.com>,
discuss@x86-64.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
bhelgaas@google.com, iommu@lists.linux-foundation.org,
linux-pci@vger.kernel.org, Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] dma-mapping: Add devm_ interface for dma_map_single()
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2014 09:01:03 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140606160103.GG15110@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5391A9C2.3040602@gmail.com>
On Fri, Jun 06, 2014 at 02:45:06PM +0300, Eli Billauer wrote:
> Hello Joerg.
>
>
> On 05/06/14 00:25, Joerg Roedel wrote:
> >
> >What you are trying to do should work with dma_alloc_noncoherent(). The
> >API allows partial syncs on this memory, so you should be fine.
> Please try to put yourself in my position: I have a driver that I care
> about, which works fine for a few years. It's based upon dma_map_single(),
> which seems to be the common way to get non-coherent memory, even for the
> driver's entire lifespan. I realize that dma_alloc_* was the intended way to
> do it, but fact is that dma_map_* has become the common choice.
Is your driver in the kernel tree? If not, you really are on your own :(
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-06-06 16:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-06-01 7:01 [PATCH v2 0/4] devres: dma-mapping: Introducing new functions Eli Billauer
2014-06-01 7:01 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] dma-mapping: Add devm_ interface for dma_map_single() Eli Billauer
2014-06-03 21:24 ` Shuah Khan
2014-06-03 23:39 ` Joerg Roedel
2014-06-04 14:04 ` Tejun Heo
2014-06-04 14:12 ` Joerg Roedel
2014-06-04 14:14 ` Tejun Heo
2014-06-04 15:03 ` Eli Billauer
2014-06-04 21:25 ` Joerg Roedel
2014-06-06 11:45 ` Eli Billauer
2014-06-06 16:01 ` Greg KH [this message]
2014-06-06 16:21 ` Eli Billauer
2014-06-06 17:02 ` Shuah Khan
2014-06-07 11:23 ` Eli Billauer
2014-06-01 7:01 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] dma-mapping: Add devm_ interface for dma_map_single_attrs() Eli Billauer
2014-06-01 7:01 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] dma-mapping: pci: Add devm_ interface for pci_map_single Eli Billauer
2014-06-01 7:01 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] staging: xillybus: Use devm_ API for memory allocation and DMA mapping Eli Billauer
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