RE: remove dma_alloc_noncoherent

From	David Laight <David.Laight@ACULAB.COM>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	RE: remove dma_alloc_noncoherent
Date	2017-06-20 14:50 +0200
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From: Christoph Hellwig
> Sent: 16 June 2017 08:17
>
> For many years we've had the dma_alloc_attrs API that is more flexible
> than dma_alloc_noncoherent.  This series moves the remaining users over
> to the attrs API.

And most of the callers probably only want to specify 'noncoherent'.
Grepping the source for other uses is easier if the wrapper is left.

	David

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RE: remove dma_alloc_noncoherent David Laight <David.Laight@ACULAB.COM> - 2017-06-20 14:50 +0200

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