Re: [RFC 1/1] swiotlb: Reduce calls to swiotlb_find_pool()

["hch@xxxxxx" <hch@xxxxxx>]

On Sun, Jun 30, 2024 at 02:02:52PM +0000, Michael Kelley wrote:
> 1) Rename is_swiotlb_buffer() to swiotlb_find_pool(), since it
> now returns a pool.  A NULL return value indicates that the
> paddr is not an swiotlb buffer.
> 
> 2) Similarly, rename is_xen_swiotlb_buffer() to
> xen_swiotlb_find_pool()
> 
> 3) The existing swiotlb_find_pool() has the same function signature,
> but it is used only where the paddr is known to be an swiotlb buffer
> and hence always succeeds. Rename it to __swiotlb_find_pool() as
> the "internal" version of swiotlb_find_pool().

Sounds good.

> 4) Do you still want is_swiotlb_buffer() as a trivial wrapper around
> the new swiotlb_find_pool(), for use solely in dma_direct_need_sync()
> where only a Boolean is needed and not the pool?

If there is really just a single caller left we can skip the wrapper,
otherwise it might be handy.