linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH resend 0/4] virt: vboxguest: Fix vboxguest module not working on VMs with more then 4G of RAM

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Date:   Wed, 18 Apr 2018 17:47:46 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH resend 0/4] virt: vboxguest: Fix vboxguest module not
 working on VMs with more then 4G of RAM

On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 03:24:46PM +0200, Hans de Goede wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> 
> I know you are not entirely happy with the direct get_pages usage in this
> patch-set, but as discussed that is currently the only way to get DMA32
> memory.
> 
> Adding a better API for getting DMA32 mem really falls outside of the scope
> of these patches and in the mean time the vboxguest driver is broken on 
> VMs with more then 4G RAM, can we please get this bug-fix series merged to
> fix this bug?

I'm on the road all this week, let me catch up with patches next week...