On Fri, 18 Oct 2013, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 04:46:00PM +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> > On Fri, 18 Oct 2013, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > > On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 01:22:18PM +0100, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> > > > Russell,
> > > > are you OK with this patch?
> > >
> > > Only concern is why the change is soo large.
> > >
> > > > > -static inline struct dma_map_ops *get_dma_ops(struct device *dev)
> > > > > +static inline struct dma_map_ops *__generic_dma_ops(struct device
> > > > > *dev)
> > > > > {
> > > > > if (dev && dev->archdata.dma_ops)
> > > > > return dev->archdata.dma_ops;
> > > > > return &arm_dma_ops;
> > > > > }
> > > > >
> > > > > +static inline struct dma_map_ops *get_dma_ops(struct device *dev)
> > > > > +{
> > > > > + if (xen_initial_domain())
> > > > > + return xen_dma_ops;
> > > > > + else
> > > > > + return __generic_dma_ops(dev);
> > > > > +}
> > > > > +
> > >
> > > What's wrong with:
> > >
> > > static inline struct dma_map_ops *get_dma_ops(struct device *dev)
> > > {
> > > + if (xen_initial_domain())
> > > + return xen_dma_ops;
> > > if (dev && dev->archdata.dma_ops)
> > > return dev->archdata.dma_ops;
> > > return &arm_dma_ops;
> > > }
> >
> >
> > xen_dma_ops functions might have to call back the native implementation.
> > With the above there is no way for a xen_dma_ops function to get to
> > archdata.dma_ops or arm_dma_ops.
> > This is the reason why this patch introduces __generic_dma_ops.
>
> Ah, that's fine then, but having that described in the commit message
> would be useful.
>
> Acked-by: Russell King <[email protected]>
>
> Thanks.
Thank you. I'll add a note to the commit message.
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