linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] mm: Add support for __GFP_ZERO flag to dma_pool

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Date:	Wed, 12 Aug 2015 16:52:12 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
To:	"Sean O. Stalley" <sean.stalley@...el.com>
cc:	corbet@....net, vinod.koul@...el.com, bhelgaas@...gle.com,
	Julia.Lawall@...6.fr, Gilles.Muller@...6.fr, nicolas.palix@...g.fr,
	mmarek@...e.cz, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, bigeasy@...utronix.de,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	dmaengine@...r.kernel.org, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, cocci@...teme.lip6.fr
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] mm: Add support for __GFP_ZERO flag to
 dma_pool_alloc()

On Fri, 31 Jul 2015, Sean O. Stalley wrote:

> Currently the __GFP_ZERO flag is ignored by dma_pool_alloc().
> Make dma_pool_alloc() zero the memory if this flag is set.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sean O. Stalley <sean.stalley@...el.com>

Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>

This has impacted us as well, and I'm glad to see it fixed.
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