[PATCH net/next 3/3] net: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: use genpool allocator for SRAM

[Frank Wunderlich]

Hi Andrew,

> Gesendet: Samstag, 28. Juni 2025 um 10:13
> Von: "Andrew Lunn" <andrew at lunn.ch>
> Betreff: Re: [PATCH net/next 3/3] net: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: use genpool allocator for SRAM
>
> > +static void *mtk_dma_ring_alloc(struct mtk_eth *eth, size_t size,
> > +				dma_addr_t *dma_handle)
> > +{
> > +	void *dma_ring;
> > +
> > +	if (WARN_ON(mtk_use_legacy_sram(eth)))
> > +		return -ENOMEM;
> > +
> > +	if (eth->sram_pool) {
> > +		dma_ring = (void *)gen_pool_alloc(eth->sram_pool, size);
> > +		if (!dma_ring)
> > +			return dma_ring;
> > +		*dma_handle = gen_pool_virt_to_phys(eth->sram_pool, (unsigned long)dma_ring);
> 
> I don't particularly like all the casting backwards and forwards
> between unsigned long and void *. These two APIs are not really
> compatible with each other. So any sort of wrapping is going to be
> messy.
> 
> Maybe define a cookie union:
> 
> struct mtk_dma_cookie {
> 	union {
> 		unsigned long gen_pool;
> 		void *coherent;
> 	}
> }
> 
> Only dma_handle appears to be used by the rest of the code, so only
> the _alloc and _free need to know about the union.

do you mean use the union only for the casts or using it globally for all the access
to the dma struct (and so changing the return type of the alloc function)?

first i made here [1]

second was tried by daniel and is much more change.

OT: btw. have you took a look in the PCS decision case [1]?

regards Frank

[1] https://github.com/frank-w/BPI-Router-Linux/commit/ea963012375e4ac98947a703b5eaf21fdf221ee1
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/24c4dfe9-ae3a-4126-b4ec-baac7754a669@linux.dev/