Re: [PATCH 3/8] staging: vme: make [alloc|free]_consistent bridgespecific

From: Dan Carpenter
Date: Mon Aug 01 2011 - 07:13:02 EST


On Mon, Aug 01, 2011 at 12:20:48PM +0200, Manohar Vanga wrote:
> if (bridge->parent == NULL) {
> printk(KERN_ERR "Dev entry NULL\n");

The user wouldn't know which driver is printing the error.

> return NULL;
> }
> - pdev = container_of(bridge->parent, struct pci_dev, dev);
>
> - return pci_alloc_consistent(pdev, size, dma);
> + if (bridge->alloc_consistent == NULL) {
> + printk(KERN_ERR "alloc_consistent not supported by bridge\n");

Could probably be improved as well.

> + return NULL;
> + }
> +

regards,
dan carpenter
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