+ ib-ipath-use-vmalloc-to-allocate-struct.patch added to -mm tree

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The patch titled

     IB/ipath: use vmalloc to allocate struct ipath_devdata

has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is

     ib-ipath-use-vmalloc-to-allocate-struct.patch

See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find
out what to do about this

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Subject: IB/ipath: use vmalloc to allocate struct ipath_devdata
From: "Bryan O'Sullivan" <bos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

This is not a DMA target, so no need to use dma_alloc_coherent on it.

Signed-off-by: Bryan O'Sullivan <bryan.osullivan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Roland Dreier <rolandd@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx>
---

 drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_driver.c |   10 +++-------
 drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_kernel.h |    1 -
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff -puN drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_driver.c~ib-ipath-use-vmalloc-to-allocate-struct drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_driver.c
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_driver.c~ib-ipath-use-vmalloc-to-allocate-struct
+++ a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_driver.c
@@ -171,14 +171,13 @@ static void ipath_free_devdata(struct pc
 		list_del(&dd->ipath_list);
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ipath_devs_lock, flags);
 	}
-	dma_free_coherent(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*dd), dd, dd->ipath_dma_addr);
+	vfree(dd);
 }
 
 static struct ipath_devdata *ipath_alloc_devdata(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 	struct ipath_devdata *dd;
-	dma_addr_t dma_addr;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (!idr_pre_get(&unit_table, GFP_KERNEL)) {
@@ -186,15 +185,12 @@ static struct ipath_devdata *ipath_alloc
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
-	dd = dma_alloc_coherent(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*dd), &dma_addr,
-				GFP_KERNEL);
-
+	dd = vmalloc(sizeof(*dd));
 	if (!dd) {
 		dd = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 		goto bail;
 	}
-
-	dd->ipath_dma_addr = dma_addr;
+	memset(dd, 0, sizeof(*dd));
 	dd->ipath_unit = -1;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&ipath_devs_lock, flags);
diff -puN drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_kernel.h~ib-ipath-use-vmalloc-to-allocate-struct drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_kernel.h
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_kernel.h~ib-ipath-use-vmalloc-to-allocate-struct
+++ a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_kernel.h
@@ -163,7 +163,6 @@ struct ipath_devdata {
 	 * only written to by the chip, not the driver.
 	 */
 	volatile __le64 *ipath_hdrqtailptr;
-	dma_addr_t ipath_dma_addr;
 	/* ipath_cfgports pointers */
 	struct ipath_portdata **ipath_pd;
 	/* sk_buffs used by port 0 eager receive queue */
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from bos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are

ib-ipath-name-zero-counter-offsets-so-its-clear.patch
ib-ipath-update-copyrights-and-other-strings-to.patch
ib-ipath-share-more-common-code-between-rc-and-uc.patch
ib-ipath-fix-an-indenting-problem.patch
ib-ipath-fix-shared-receive-queues-for-rc.patch
ib-ipath-allow-diags-on-any-unit.patch
ib-ipath-update-some-comments-and-fix-typos.patch
ib-ipath-remove-some-duplicate-code.patch
ib-ipath-dont-allow-resources-to-be-created-with.patch
ib-ipath-fix-some-memory-leaks-on-failure-paths.patch
ib-ipath-return-an-error-for-unknown-multicast-gid.patch
ib-ipath-report-correct-device-identification.patch
ib-ipath-enforce-device-resource-limits.patch
ib-ipath-removed-unused-field-ipath_kregvirt-from.patch
ib-ipath-print-better-debug-info-when-handling.patch
ib-ipath-enable-freeze-mode-when-shutting-down.patch
ib-ipath-use-more-appropriate-gfp-flags.patch
ib-ipath-use-vmalloc-to-allocate-struct.patch
ib-ipath-memory-management-cleanups.patch
ib-ipath-reduce-overhead-on-receive-interrupts.patch
ib-ipath-fixed-bug-9776.patch
ib-ipath-fix-lost-interrupts-on-ht-400.patch
ib-ipath-disallow-send-of-invalid-packet-sizes.patch
ib-ipath-dont-confuse-the-max-message-size-with.patch
ib-ipath-removed-redundant-statements.patch
ib-ipath-check-for-valid-lid-and-multicast-lids.patch
ib-ipath-fixes-to-performance-get-counters-for-ib.patch
ib-ipath-fixes-a-bug-where-our-delay-for-eeprom-no.patch
ib-ipath-rc-receive-interrupt-performance-changes.patch
ib-ipath-purge-sps_lid-and-sps_mlid-arrays.patch
ib-ipath-drop-the-stats-sysfs-attribute-group.patch
ib-ipath-support-more-models-of-infinipath-hardware.patch
ib-ipath-read-write-correct-sizes-through-diag.patch
ib-ipath-fix-a-bug-that-results-in-addresses-near.patch
ib-ipath-remove-some-if-0-code-related-to.patch
ib-ipath-ignore-receive-queue-size-if-srq-is.patch
ib-ipath-namespace-cleanup-replace-ips-with-ipath.patch

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