Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v8 08/19] arm/xen: get_dma_ops: return xen_dma_ops if we are running as xen_initial_domain

[Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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 <rmk+kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks.

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