Re: [RFC PATCH 3/6] arm64: remove __dma_*_area() aliases

[Catalin Marinas]

On Mon, Dec 06, 2021 at 12:47:12PM +0000, Mark Rutland wrote:
> The __dma_inv_area() and __dma_clean_area() aliases make cache.S harder
> to navigate, but don't gain us anything in practice.
> 
> For clarity, let's remove them along with their redundant comments. The
> only users are __dma_map_area() and __dma_unmap_area(), which need to be
> position independent, and can call __pi_dcache_inval_poc() and
> __pi_dcache_clean_poc() directly.
> 
> There should be no functional change as a result of this patch.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Fuad Tabba <tabba@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Marc Zyngier <maz@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>