From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.2 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5443C31E4D for ; Fri, 14 Jun 2019 15:06:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org (mail.linuxfoundation.org [140.211.169.12]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B582B21744 for ; Fri, 14 Jun 2019 15:06:31 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org B582B21744 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=lst.de Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=iommu-bounces@lists.linux-foundation.org Received: from mail.linux-foundation.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B2BEECD; Fri, 14 Jun 2019 15:06:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F204BE48 for ; Fri, 14 Jun 2019 15:06:29 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from newverein.lst.de (verein.lst.de [213.95.11.211]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8E3DF7F8 for ; Fri, 14 Jun 2019 15:06:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: by newverein.lst.de (Postfix, from userid 2407) id 9BFFD68AFE; Fri, 14 Jun 2019 17:05:58 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2019 17:05:58 +0200 From: 'Christoph Hellwig' To: David Laight Subject: Re: [PATCH 16/16] dma-mapping: use exact allocation in dma_alloc_contiguous Message-ID: <20190614150558.GA9402@lst.de> References: <20190614134726.3827-1-hch@lst.de> <20190614134726.3827-17-hch@lst.de> <20190614145001.GB9088@lst.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Cc: Maxime Ripard , Joonas Lahtinen , "dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org" , "linux-mm@kvack.org" , 'Christoph Hellwig' , "devel@driverdev.osuosl.org" , "linux-s390@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org" , David Airlie , "linux-media@vger.kernel.org" , Intel Linux Wireless , "intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org" , Maarten Lankhorst , Jani Nikula , Ian Abbott , Rodrigo Vivi , Sean Paul , "moderated list:ARM PORT" , "netdev@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , H Hartley Sweeten , "iommu@lists.linux-foundation.org" , Daniel Vetter X-BeenThere: iommu@lists.linux-foundation.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: Development issues for Linux IOMMU support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: iommu-bounces@lists.linux-foundation.org Errors-To: iommu-bounces@lists.linux-foundation.org On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 03:01:22PM +0000, David Laight wrote: > I'm pretty sure there is a lot of code out there that makes that assumption. > Without it many drivers will have to allocate almost double the > amount of memory they actually need in order to get the required alignment. > So instead of saving memory you'll actually make more be used. That code would already be broken on a lot of Linux platforms. _______________________________________________ iommu mailing list iommu@lists.linux-foundation.org https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/iommu