[PATCH v3 3/5] net: ep93xx_eth: allocate buffers using kmalloc()

Mika Westerberg mika.westerberg at iki.fi
Sat Jun 11 14:39:56 EDT 2011


We can use simply kmalloc() to allocate the buffers. This also simplifies the
code and allows us to perform DMA sync operations more easily.

Memory is allocated with only GFP_KERNEL since there are no DMA allocation
restrictions on this platform.

Signed-off-by: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg at iki.fi>
Acked-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel at arm.linux.org.uk>
Acked-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten at visionengravers.com>
Tested-by: Petr Stetiar <ynezz at true.cz>
---
 drivers/net/arm/ep93xx_eth.c |   51 ++++++++++++++++-------------------------
 1 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/arm/ep93xx_eth.c b/drivers/net/arm/ep93xx_eth.c
index f65dfb6..97bf6b1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/arm/ep93xx_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/arm/ep93xx_eth.c
@@ -460,36 +460,32 @@ static void ep93xx_free_buffers(struct ep93xx_priv *ep)
 	struct device *dev = ep->dev->dev.parent;
 	int i;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < RX_QUEUE_ENTRIES; i += 2) {
+	for (i = 0; i < RX_QUEUE_ENTRIES; i++) {
 		dma_addr_t d;
 
 		d = ep->descs->rdesc[i].buf_addr;
 		if (d)
-			dma_unmap_single(dev, d, PAGE_SIZE, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
+			dma_unmap_single(dev, d, PKT_BUF_SIZE, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
 
 		if (ep->rx_buf[i] != NULL)
-			free_page((unsigned long)ep->rx_buf[i]);
+			kfree(ep->rx_buf[i]);
 	}
 
-	for (i = 0; i < TX_QUEUE_ENTRIES; i += 2) {
+	for (i = 0; i < TX_QUEUE_ENTRIES; i++) {
 		dma_addr_t d;
 
 		d = ep->descs->tdesc[i].buf_addr;
 		if (d)
-			dma_unmap_single(dev, d, PAGE_SIZE, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
+			dma_unmap_single(dev, d, PKT_BUF_SIZE, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
 
 		if (ep->tx_buf[i] != NULL)
-			free_page((unsigned long)ep->tx_buf[i]);
+			kfree(ep->tx_buf[i]);
 	}
 
 	dma_free_coherent(dev, sizeof(struct ep93xx_descs), ep->descs,
 							ep->descs_dma_addr);
 }
 
-/*
- * The hardware enforces a sub-2K maximum packet size, so we put
- * two buffers on every hardware page.
- */
 static int ep93xx_alloc_buffers(struct ep93xx_priv *ep)
 {
 	struct device *dev = ep->dev->dev.parent;
@@ -500,48 +496,41 @@ static int ep93xx_alloc_buffers(struct ep93xx_priv *ep)
 	if (ep->descs == NULL)
 		return 1;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < RX_QUEUE_ENTRIES; i += 2) {
-		void *page;
+	for (i = 0; i < RX_QUEUE_ENTRIES; i++) {
+		void *buf;
 		dma_addr_t d;
 
-		page = (void *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA);
-		if (page == NULL)
+		buf = kmalloc(PKT_BUF_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (buf == NULL)
 			goto err;
 
-		d = dma_map_single(dev, page, PAGE_SIZE, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
+		d = dma_map_single(dev, buf, PKT_BUF_SIZE, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
 		if (dma_mapping_error(dev, d)) {
-			free_page((unsigned long)page);
+			kfree(buf);
 			goto err;
 		}
 
-		ep->rx_buf[i] = page;
+		ep->rx_buf[i] = buf;
 		ep->descs->rdesc[i].buf_addr = d;
 		ep->descs->rdesc[i].rdesc1 = (i << 16) | PKT_BUF_SIZE;
-
-		ep->rx_buf[i + 1] = page + PKT_BUF_SIZE;
-		ep->descs->rdesc[i + 1].buf_addr = d + PKT_BUF_SIZE;
-		ep->descs->rdesc[i + 1].rdesc1 = ((i + 1) << 16) | PKT_BUF_SIZE;
 	}
 
-	for (i = 0; i < TX_QUEUE_ENTRIES; i += 2) {
-		void *page;
+	for (i = 0; i < TX_QUEUE_ENTRIES; i++) {
+		void *buf;
 		dma_addr_t d;
 
-		page = (void *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA);
-		if (page == NULL)
+		buf = kmalloc(PKT_BUF_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (buf == NULL)
 			goto err;
 
-		d = dma_map_single(dev, page, PAGE_SIZE, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
+		d = dma_map_single(dev, buf, PKT_BUF_SIZE, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
 		if (dma_mapping_error(dev, d)) {
-			free_page((unsigned long)page);
+			kfree(buf);
 			goto err;
 		}
 
-		ep->tx_buf[i] = page;
+		ep->tx_buf[i] = buf;
 		ep->descs->tdesc[i].buf_addr = d;
-
-		ep->tx_buf[i + 1] = page + PKT_BUF_SIZE;
-		ep->descs->tdesc[i + 1].buf_addr = d + PKT_BUF_SIZE;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
-- 
1.7.4.4




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