Re: [RFC v2 00/20] Replace PCI pool by DMA pool API

2017-02-18 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman
On Sat, Feb 18, 2017 at 09:35:36AM +0100, Romain Perier wrote:
> The current PCI pool API are simple macro functions direct expanded to
> the appropriated dma pool functions. The prototypes are almost the same
> and semantically, they are very similar. I propose to use the DMA pool
> API directly and get rid of the old API.
> 
> This set of patches, replaces the old API by the dma pool API, adds
> support to warn about this old API in checkpath.pl and remove the
> defines.

Why is this a "RFC" series?  Personally, I never apply those as it
implies that the author doesn't think they are ready to be merged :)

thanks,

greg k-h


Re: [RFC v2 00/20] Replace PCI pool by DMA pool API

2017-02-18 Thread Romain Perier


Le 18/02/2017 à 14:06, Greg Kroah-Hartman a écrit :
> On Sat, Feb 18, 2017 at 09:35:36AM +0100, Romain Perier wrote:
>> The current PCI pool API are simple macro functions direct expanded to
>> the appropriated dma pool functions. The prototypes are almost the same
>> and semantically, they are very similar. I propose to use the DMA pool
>> API directly and get rid of the old API.
>>
>> This set of patches, replaces the old API by the dma pool API, adds
>> support to warn about this old API in checkpath.pl and remove the
>> defines.
> Why is this a "RFC" series?  Personally, I never apply those as it
> implies that the author doesn't think they are ready to be merged :)
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
Hi,

I was not sure about this. I have noticed that most of the API changes
are tagged as RFC.
I can re-send a v3 without the prefix RFC if you prefer.

Thanks,
Romain


Re: [RFC v2 00/20] Replace PCI pool by DMA pool API

2017-02-18 Thread Peter Senna Tschudin
On Sat, Feb 18, 2017 at 09:35:36AM +0100, Romain Perier wrote:

Tested all patches by compilation and checkpatch. All of them compile
fine, but patches 11 and 12 need some fixes. You can resend as
PATCH instead of RFC.

> The current PCI pool API are simple macro functions direct expanded to
> the appropriated dma pool functions. The prototypes are almost the same
> and semantically, they are very similar. I propose to use the DMA pool
> API directly and get rid of the old API.
> 
> This set of patches, replaces the old API by the dma pool API, adds
> support to warn about this old API in checkpath.pl and remove the
> defines.
> 
> Changes in v2:
> - Introduced patch 18/20
> - Fixed cosmetic changes: spaces before brace, live over 80 characters
> - Removed some of the check for NULL pointers before calling dma_pool_destroy
> - Improved the regexp in checkpatch for pci_pool, thanks to Joe Perches
> - Added Tested-by and Acked-by tags
> 
> Romain Perier (20):
>   block: DAC960: Replace PCI pool old API
>   dmaengine: pch_dma: Replace PCI pool old API
>   IB/mthca: Replace PCI pool old API
>   net: e100: Replace PCI pool old API
>   mlx4: Replace PCI pool old API
>   mlx5: Replace PCI pool old API
>   wireless: ipw2200: Replace PCI pool old API
>   scsi: be2iscsi: Replace PCI pool old API
>   scsi: csiostor: Replace PCI pool old API
>   scsi: lpfc: Replace PCI pool old API
>   scsi: megaraid: Replace PCI pool old API
>   scsi: mpt3sas: Replace PCI pool old API
>   scsi: mvsas: Replace PCI pool old API
>   scsi: pmcraid: Replace PCI pool old API
>   usb: gadget: amd5536udc: Replace PCI pool old API
>   usb: gadget: net2280: Replace PCI pool old API
>   usb: gadget: pch_udc: Replace PCI pool old API
>   usb: host: Remove remaining pci_pool in comments
>   PCI: Remove PCI pool macro functions
>   checkpatch: warn for use of old PCI pool API
> 
>  drivers/block/DAC960.c| 36 ++---
>  drivers/block/DAC960.h|  4 +-
>  drivers/dma/pch_dma.c | 12 ++---
>  drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_av.c| 10 ++--
>  drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_cmd.c   |  8 +--
>  drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_dev.h   |  4 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e100.c | 12 ++---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/cmd.c  | 10 ++--
>  drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4.h |  2 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cmd.c | 11 ++--
>  drivers/net/wireless/intel/ipw2x00/ipw2200.c  | 13 ++---
>  drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_iscsi.c  |  6 +--
>  drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_main.c   |  6 +--
>  drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_main.h   |  2 +-
>  drivers/scsi/csiostor/csio_hw.h   |  2 +-
>  drivers/scsi/csiostor/csio_init.c | 11 ++--
>  drivers/scsi/csiostor/csio_scsi.c |  6 +--
>  drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc.h  | 10 ++--
>  drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c |  6 +--
>  drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_mem.c  | 73 
> +--
>  drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_scsi.c | 12 ++---
>  drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_mbox.c | 30 +--
>  drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_mm.c   | 29 ++-
>  drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c | 25 -
>  drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_fusion.c   | 51 ++-
>  drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_base.c   | 73 
> +--
>  drivers/scsi/mvsas/mv_init.c  |  6 +--
>  drivers/scsi/mvsas/mv_sas.c   |  6 +--
>  drivers/scsi/pmcraid.c| 10 ++--
>  drivers/scsi/pmcraid.h|  2 +-
>  drivers/usb/gadget/udc/amd5536udc.c   |  8 +--
>  drivers/usb/gadget/udc/amd5536udc.h   |  4 +-
>  drivers/usb/gadget/udc/net2280.c  | 12 ++---
>  drivers/usb/gadget/udc/net2280.h  |  2 +-
>  drivers/usb/gadget/udc/pch_udc.c  | 31 ++--
>  drivers/usb/host/ehci-hcd.c   |  2 +-
>  drivers/usb/host/fotg210-hcd.c|  2 +-
>  drivers/usb/host/oxu210hp-hcd.c   |  2 +-
>  include/linux/mlx5/driver.h   |  2 +-
>  include/linux/pci.h   |  9 
>  scripts/checkpatch.pl |  9 +++-
>  41 files changed, 284 insertions(+), 287 deletions(-)
> 
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