linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] x86/iommu: use __GFP

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Date:	Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:20:12 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@....com>
Cc:	mingo@...hat.com, tglx@...utronix.de, hpa@...or.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, fujita.tomonori@....ntt.co.jp
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] x86/iommu: use __GFP_ZERO instead of memset for
	GART


* Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@....com> wrote:

>  #ifdef CONFIG_IOMMU_LEAK
>  	if (leak_trace) {
> -		iommu_leak_tab = (void *)__get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL,
> +		iommu_leak_tab = (void *)__get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_ZERO,
>  				  get_order(iommu_pages*sizeof(void *)));
> -		if (iommu_leak_tab)
> -			memset(iommu_leak_tab, 0, iommu_pages * 8);
>  		else
>  			printk(KERN_DEBUG
>  			       "PCI-DMA: Cannot allocate leak trace area\n");

hm, that looks broken.

	Ingo
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