Re: [PATCH] sg: remove unreachable code in SET_FORCE_LOW_DMA

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On 02/01/2017 02:03 PM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 01, 2017 at 02:00:48PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>> I think the proper fix is to check sfp->low_dma for 0 before updating
>> it, at least that seems to be the intent here.
> 
> Looking at this code a bit more I think the actual, real proper fix
> is to remove the SET_FORCE_LOW_DMA entirely (except maybe the flag
> for SG_GET_LOW_DMA and procfs output).  The block layer already does
> bounce buffering if the DMA addressing constraints are not met,
> so all this should just go away.
> 
Oh, I'm more than happy to do so.

> Btw, any rason Doug isn't on Cc on these sg.c patches?
> 
None. Oversight from my side.

Will be sending a v2 with those two patches rolled into one patchset.

Cheers,

Hannes
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