On Wed, 07 Aug 2024 17:27:21 +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote: > > Hi, > > we still keep the legacy vmalloc ALSA PCM helper API since there is > only a single user of it, namely, the DRM dw-hdmi bridge driver. > In the past, I attempted to change the buffer management of the > driver, but due to the lack of testing, it failed to get merged: > https://lore.kernel.org/20191210154536.29819-1-tiwai@xxxxxxx > > So, this is a second try after some years of gap: now the relevant > code snippet is moved from ALSA core to dw-hdmi driver itself, and the > API functions are dropped. There should be no functional changes in > the driver. > > If DRM people don't mind and give an ack, I can take the change for > dw-hdmi code together with ALSA core code drop via sound tree for > 6.12. Gentle ping to any DRM reviewers. It's merely a safe clean up, so if you don't mind, I'd like to take for 6.12. thanks, Takashi > > > thanks, > > Takashi > > === > > Takashi Iwai (2): > drm/bridge: dw-hdmi: Move vmalloc PCM buffer management into the > driver > ALSA: pcm: Drop PCM vmalloc buffer helpers > > .../drm/bridge/synopsys/dw-hdmi-ahb-audio.c | 30 ++++++++-- > include/sound/pcm.h | 42 ------------- > sound/core/pcm_memory.c | 59 ------------------- > 3 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 105 deletions(-) > > -- > 2.43.0 >
