dma-mapping: add a new dma_alloc_pages API
Christoph Hellwig authored

This API is the equivalent of alloc_pages, except that the returned memory
is guaranteed to be DMA addressable by the passed in device.  The
implementation will also be used to provide a more sensible replacement
for DMA_ATTR_NON_CONSISTENT flag.

Additionally dma_alloc_noncoherent is switched over to use dma_alloc_pages
as its backend.
Signed-off-by: default avatarChristoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Acked-by: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@alpha.franken.de> (MIPS part)
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