Re: [PATCH net-next 1/7] dma: compile-out DMA sync op calls when not used

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On Fri, Jan 26, 2024 at 02:54:50PM +0100, Alexander Lobakin wrote:
> Some platforms do have DMA, but DMA there is always direct and coherent.
> Currently, even on such platforms DMA sync operations are compiled and
> called.
> Add a new hidden Kconfig symbol, DMA_NEED_SYNC, and set it only when
> either sync operations are needed or there is DMA ops or swiotlb
> enabled. Set dma_need_sync() and dma_skip_sync() (stub for now)
> depending on this symbol state and don't call sync ops when
> dma_skip_sync() is true.
> The change allows for future optimizations of DMA sync calls depending
> on compile-time or runtime conditions.

So the idea of compiling out the calls sounds fine to me.  But what
is the point of the extra indirection through the __-prefixed calls?

And if we need that (please document it in the commit log), please
make the wrappers proper inline functions and not macros.





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