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Subject: Re: [PATCH 16/16] dma-mapping: use exact allocation in dma_alloc_contiguous
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2019 17:05:58 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190614150558.GA9402@lst.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <d93fd4c2c1584d92a05dd641929f6d63@AcuMS.aculab.com>
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.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-06-14 15:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-06-14 13:47 use exact allocation for dma coherent memory Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-14 13:47 ` [PATCH 01/16] media: videobuf-dma-contig: use dma_mmap_coherent Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-14 13:47 ` [PATCH 02/16] drm/ati_pcigart: stop using drm_pci_alloc Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-14 13:47 ` [PATCH 03/16] drm/i915: " Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-14 16:45 ` [Intel-gfx] " Ville Syrjälä
2019-06-14 13:47 ` [PATCH 04/16] drm: move drm_pci_{alloc,free} to drm_legacy Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-14 13:47 ` [PATCH 05/16] drm: don't mark pages returned from drm_pci_alloc reserved Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-14 13:47 ` [PATCH 06/16] drm: don't pass __GFP_COMP to dma_alloc_coherent in drm_pci_alloc Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-14 13:47 ` [PATCH 07/16] IB/hfi1: stop passing bogus gfp flags arguments to dma_alloc_coherent Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-14 13:47 ` [PATCH 08/16] IB/qib: " Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-14 13:47 ` [PATCH 09/16] cnic: " Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-14 13:47 ` [PATCH 10/16] iwlwifi: " Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-14 13:47 ` [PATCH 11/16] s390/ism: " Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-14 13:47 ` [PATCH 12/16] staging/comedi: mark as broken Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-14 14:02 ` Greg KH
2019-06-14 14:48 ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-14 15:30 ` Greg KH
2019-06-14 15:34 ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-17 13:15 ` Ian Abbott
2019-06-14 13:47 ` [PATCH 13/16] mm: rename alloc_pages_exact_nid to alloc_pages_exact_node Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-14 13:47 ` [PATCH 14/16] mm: use alloc_pages_exact_node to implement alloc_pages_exact Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-14 13:47 ` [PATCH 15/16] dma-mapping: clear __GFP_COMP in dma_alloc_attrs Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-14 13:47 ` [PATCH 16/16] dma-mapping: use exact allocation in dma_alloc_contiguous Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-14 14:15 ` David Laight
2019-06-14 14:50 ` 'Christoph Hellwig'
2019-06-14 15:01 ` David Laight
2019-06-14 15:05 ` 'Christoph Hellwig' [this message]
2019-06-14 15:05 ` Robin Murphy
2019-06-14 15:08 ` 'Christoph Hellwig'
2019-06-14 15:16 ` David Laight
2019-06-17 8:21 ` use exact allocation for dma coherent memory Dan Carpenter
2019-06-17 8:33 ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-19 16:29 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2019-06-20 10:51 ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-07-01 8:48 ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-07-02 9:48 ` Arend Van Spriel
2019-07-08 18:43 ` Christoph Hellwig
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