Re: [PATCH] RDMA/hns: Use dma_alloc_coherent() instead of kmalloc/dma_map_single()

From: Jason Gunthorpe
Date: Mon Oct 04 2021 - 15:52:34 EST


On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 08:59:13AM -0300, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 26, 2021 at 02:11:15PM +0800, Cai Huoqing wrote:
> > Replacing kmalloc/kfree/dma_map_single/dma_unmap_single()
> > with dma_alloc_coherent/dma_free_coherent() helps to reduce
> > code size, and simplify the code, and coherent DMA will not
> > clear the cache every time.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Cai Huoqing <caihuoqing@xxxxxxxxx>
> > drivers/infiniband/hw/hns/hns_roce_hw_v2.c | 20 +++++---------------
> > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
>
> Given I don't see any dma_sync_single calls for this mapping, isn't
> this a correctness fix too?

HNS folks?

Jason