Re: [PATCH 1/7] genalloc: track beginning of allocations
From: J Freyensee <hidden>
Date: 2018-03-05 19:00:08
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. . On 2/28/18 12:06 PM, Igor Stoppa wrote:
+ +/** + * gen_pool_dma_alloc() - allocate special memory from the pool for DMA usage + * @pool: pool to allocate from + * @size: number of bytes to allocate from the pool + * @dma: dma-view physical address return value. Use NULL if unneeded. + * + * Allocate the requested number of bytes from the specified pool. + * Uses the pool allocation function (with first-fit algorithm by default). + * Can not be used in NMI handler on architectures without + * NMI-safe cmpxchg implementation. + * + * Return: + * * address of the memory allocated - success + * * NULL - error + */ +void *gen_pool_dma_alloc(struct gen_pool *pool, size_t size, dma_addr_t *dma); +
OK, so gen_pool_dma_alloc() is defined here, which believe is the API line being drawn for this series. so, . . .
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/** - * gen_pool_dma_alloc - allocate special memory from the pool for DMA usage + * gen_pool_dma_alloc() - allocate special memory from the pool for DMA usage * @pool: pool to allocate from * @size: number of bytes to allocate from the pool * @dma: dma-view physical address return value. Use NULL if unneeded.@@ -342,14 +566,15 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(gen_pool_alloc_algo); * Uses the pool allocation function (with first-fit algorithm by default). * Can not be used in NMI handler on architectures without * NMI-safe cmpxchg implementation. + * + * Return: + * * address of the memory allocated - success + * * NULL - error */ void *gen_pool_dma_alloc(struct gen_pool *pool, size_t size, dma_addr_t *dma) { unsigned long vaddr; - if (!pool) - return NULL; -
why is this being removed?A I don't believe this code was getting removed from your v17 series patches.
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vaddr = gen_pool_alloc(pool, size); if (!vaddr) return NULL;@@ -362,10 +587,10 @@ void *gen_pool_dma_alloc(struct gen_pool *pool, size_t size, dma_addr_t *dma) EXPORT_SYMBOL(gen_pool_dma_alloc);
Otherwise, looks good, Reviewed-by: Jay Freyensee <redacted> -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@kvack.org"> email@kvack.org </a>