Re: [PATCH 0/4] dma-debug: implement dynamic entry allocation

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Mon Dec 03 2018 - 12:34:17 EST


On Mon, Dec 03, 2018 at 05:28:05PM +0000, Robin Murphy wrote:
> The HNS_ENET discussion got me thinking, why not just make DMA debug
> cleverer so that (in terms of basic functionality at least) we don't
> need to worry about driver- or arch-specific configuration at all?
>
> Patches #2 and #3 are the real meat here - #1 is just some preparatory
> cleanup motivated by moving printks around, and could be split out if
> desired; I kept #4 separate as a possible nice-to-have depending on
> what people think.

Hah, I just thought of this and suggested it a few seconds ago.
So obviously I think it is a good idea, but let me look at the details.