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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 0/3] iommu/io-pgtable-arm-v7s: Use DMA32 zone for page tables
On Fri 23-11-18 13:23:41, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> On 11/22/18 9:23 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
[...]
> > But I do agree with the sentiment of not wanting to spread GFP_DMA32
> > futher into the slab allocator.
>
> I don't see a problem with GFP_DMA32 for custom caches. Generic
> kmalloc() would be worse, since it would have to create a new array of
> kmalloc caches. But that's already ruled out due to the alignment.

Yes that makes quite a lot of sense to me. We do not really need a
generic support. Just make sure that if somebody creates a GFP_DMA32
restricted cache then allow allocating restricted memory from that.

Is there any fundamental reason that this wouldn't be possible?
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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs

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