Re: [PATCH v4 00/16] dma-mapping: migrate to physical address-based API

[Takashi Sakamoto <o-takashi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I'm a present maintainer of Linux FireWire subsystem, and recent years
have been working to modernize the subsystem.

On Fri, Sep 05, 2025 at 14:43:24PM -0300, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> There is only one user I found of alloc_pages:
>
> drivers/firewire/ohci.c:                ctx->pages[i] = dma_alloc_pages(dev, 
> PAGE_SIZE, &dma_addr,
>
> And it deliberately uses page->private:
>
>               set_page_private(ctx->pages[i], dma_addr);
>
> So it is correct to use the struct page API.

I've already realized it, and it is in my TODO list to use modern
alternative APIs to replace it (but not yet). If you know some
candidates for this purpose, it is really helpful to accomplish it.


Regards

Takashi Sakamoto