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    SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 00/11] dmaengine: kill off dma_slave_config->slave_id
    On 22-11-21, 23:21, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
    > From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
    >
    > I recently came across some new uses of the 'slave_id' field that
    > I had (almost) removed a few years ago. There are no legitimate
    > uses of this field in the kernel, only a few stale references and
    > two drivers that abuse the field as a side-channel between the
    > dmaengine driver and its client.
    >
    > Let's change the xilinx and qualcomm drivers to use the documented
    > side-channel (peripheral_data) instead, and remove the remnants of
    > it to prevent new users from coming in.
    >
    > I think I got all the necessary Acks on v1 already, so if there are
    > no further concerns, please merge this through the dmaengine tree
    > for v5.17, or pull from

    Arnd, Thanks for the cleanup. I have applied and folder the fix you sent
    in this

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    ~Vinod

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