On 22-11-21, 23:21, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> > > I recently came across some new uses of the 'slave_id' field that > I had (almost) removed a few years ago. There are no legitimate > uses of this field in the kernel, only a few stale references and > two drivers that abuse the field as a side-channel between the > dmaengine driver and its client. > > Let's change the xilinx and qualcomm drivers to use the documented > side-channel (peripheral_data) instead, and remove the remnants of > it to prevent new users from coming in. > > I think I got all the necessary Acks on v1 already, so if there are > no further concerns, please merge this through the dmaengine tree > for v5.17, or pull from Arnd, Thanks for the cleanup. I have applied and folder the fix you sent in this -- ~Vinod
