Re: [PATCH] lib: Replace calls to __get_free_pages() with __get_dma_pages().

["Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@mindspring.com>]

On Tue, 5 Jun 2007, Andrew Morton wrote:

> On Tue, 5 Jun 2007 16:58:57 -0400 (EDT)
> "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> > Replace a couple calls to __get_free_pages() with the corresponding
> > calls to __get_dma_pages().
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@mindspring.com>
> >
> > ---
> >
> >   that's the lot of them.
> >
> > diff --git a/lib/swiotlb.c b/lib/swiotlb.c
> > index 10c13ad..8fc38dc 100644
> > --- a/lib/swiotlb.c
> > +++ b/lib/swiotlb.c
> > @@ -201,8 +201,7 @@ swiotlb_late_init_with_default_size(size_t default_size)
> >  	bytes = io_tlb_nslabs << IO_TLB_SHIFT;
> >
> >  	while ((SLABS_PER_PAGE << order) > IO_TLB_MIN_SLABS) {
> > -		io_tlb_start = (char *)__get_free_pages(GFP_DMA | __GFP_NOWARN,
> > -		                                        order);
> > +		io_tlb_start = (char *)__get_dma_pages(__GFP_NOWARN, order);
>
> __get_dma_pages() is just pointless obfuscation.  I think it'd be better to
> go the other way: open-code the GFP_DMA at all callsites then send
> __get_dma_pages() bitbucketwards.

ok, it's easy enough to put together a patch that rids the tree of the
superfluous __get_dma_pages() call.  but in converting back to a call
to __get_free_pages(), which of the two zone modifiers should be added
-- "GFP_DMA" or "__GFP_DMA" -- since they're currently defined
equivalently in include/linux/gfp.h.  and there's definitely a mixture
of usage in the tree at the moment:

$ grep -r "get_free.*GFP_DMA" *
arch/s390/kernel/smp.c:                 __get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA,
drivers/net/arm/ep93xx_eth.c:           page = (void *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA);
drivers/net/arm/ep93xx_eth.c:           page = (void *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA);
drivers/s390/net/qeth_main.c:                   ptr = (void *) __get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL|GFP_DMA);
drivers/s390/net/claw.c:                        (void *)__get_free_pages(__GFP_DMA,
drivers/s390/net/claw.c:                        (void *)__get_free_pages(__GFP_DMA,
drivers/s390/net/claw.c:                   p_buff=(void *)__get_free_pages(__GFP_DMA,
drivers/s390/net/claw.c:                        (void *)__get_free_pages(__GFP_DMA,
drivers/s390/net/claw.c:                        p_buff = (void *)__get_free_pages(__GFP_DMA,
drivers/s390/block/dasd.c:      device->ccw_mem = (void *) __get_free_pages(GFP_ATOMIC | GFP_DMA, 1);
drivers/s390/char/tty3270.c:                    __get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL|GFP_DMA, 0);
drivers/s390/char/sclp_cpi.c:   sccb = (struct cpi_sccb *) __get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA);
drivers/s390/cio/cmf.c:         mem = (void*)__get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA,
include/linux/gfp.h:            __get_free_pages((gfp_mask) | GFP_DMA,(order))
lib/swiotlb.c:          io_tlb_start = (char *)__get_free_pages(GFP_DMA | __GFP_NOWARN,
lib/swiotlb.c:  io_tlb_overflow_buffer = (void *)__get_free_pages(GFP_DMA,

  i'm guessing "GFP_DMA" would be the right choice, which means that,
for consistency, the calls using __GFP_DMA should be switched over as
well.  guidance, anyone?

rday
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