Re: [LKML] [PATCH -mm 0/6] remove unnecessary sync_single_range_* in dma_map_ops

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On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 09:25:34PM +0900, FUJITA Tomonori wrote:
> This patchset removes useless sync_single_range_for_cpu and
> sync_single_range_for_device hooks in dma_map_ops. These hooks were
> for dma_sync_single_range_* DMA API, however, the API became obsolete
> (the description in DMA API docs was removed too). Architecutres
> should use sync_single_for_cpu and sync_single_for_device hooks
> instead (as DMA API docs say, they need to support a partial sync).
> 
> We could remove dma_sync_single_range_* DMA API completely (no user in
> -mm) but the API had been until 2.6.34-rc so I guess that it might be
> better to leave it alone for some time.
> 
> The first patch is a bug fix and might be 2.6.34-rc material however
> the API is not so popular (only net/b44.c uses) and we are already in
> -rc5. I guess that it would be fine to merge it in the next merge
> window.

Not sure if this is needed since the patches aren't that complex, but I
did do a review of all of them. Hence:

Reviewed-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>
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