[PATCH] powerpc/ibmveth: fix multiple errors with dma_mapping_error conversion

[Stephen Rothwell]

Hi Andrew,

On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 12:24:14 -0700 Andrew Morton <akpm at linux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:14:24 +1000 Stephen Rothwell <sfr at canb.auug.org.au> wrote:
> 
> > The addition of an argument to dma_mapping_error() in commit
> > 8d8bb39b9eba32dd70e87fd5ad5c5dd4ba118e06 "dma-mapping: add the device
> > argument to dma_mapping_error()" left a bit of fallout:
> 
> Yeah, sorry, that patch was a horror - I fixed it perhaps ten times.  I
> think people were madly adding new dma_mapping_error() calls while we
> were trying to maintain it as well.
> 
> It should have been dome as a two-stage conversion.

Yes, indeed (my new favourite word :-))

I hope that we all can discuss procedures for API changes at the Kernel
Summit ...

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr at canb.auug.org.au
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/
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