linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: make gart_alloc

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Message-ID: <20080822063530.GA16706@8bytes.org>
Date:	Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:35:30 +0200
From:	Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>
To:	FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@....ntt.co.jp>
Cc:	joerg.roedel@....com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org, mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com,
	tglx@...utronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: make gart_alloc_coherent return zeroed memory

On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 08:19:35AM +0900, FUJITA Tomonori wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:28:27 +0200
> Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@....com> wrote:
> 
> > The dma_alloc_coherent function should return memory set to zero. This patch
> > adds this to the GART implementation.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@....com>
> > ---
> >  arch/x86/kernel/pci-gart_64.c |    2 +-
> >  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> This should be foiled to the first patch in the patchset. No good
> reason to push a patch that might cause a problem.

The reason is, that in my experience, Ingo prefers update patches
instead replacements once he has merged something.

Joerg

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