In [1], Christoph Hellwig has proposed to remove the wrappers in
include/linux/pci-dma-compat.h.
Some reasons why this API should be removed have been given by Julia
Lawall in [2].
When memory is allocated in kbuf_alloc_2_sgl() GFP_KERNEL can be used
because this function already uses the GFP_USER flag for some memory
allocation and not spin_lock is taken in the between.
When memory is allocated in mptctl_do_mpt_command() GFP_KERNEL can be used
because this function already uses copy_from_user() and this function can
sleep.
When memory is allocated in mptctl_hp_hostinfo() GFP_KERNEL can be used
because this function already uses mpt_config() and this function has an
explicit might_sleep().
When memory is allocated in mptctl_hp_targetinfo() GFP_KERNEL can be used
because this function already uses mpt_config() and this function has an
explicit might_sleep().
[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/kernel-janitors/20200421081257.GA131897@infradead.org/
[2]: https://lore.kernel.org/kernel-janitors/alpine.DEB.2.22.394.2007120902170.2424@hadrien/
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/516375d6d06114484533baf03aae351306100246.1641500561.git.christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr>
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
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