linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/5] swiotlb: remove GFP_DMA hack in swiotlb_alloc

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Date:	Mon, 8 Sep 2008 14:02:18 +0200
From:	Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@....com>
To:	FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@....ntt.co.jp>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...hat.com,
	tony.luck@...el.com, linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org,
	iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] swiotlb: remove GFP_DMA hack in swiotlb_alloc_coherent

On Mon, Sep 08, 2008 at 06:10:14PM +0900, FUJITA Tomonori wrote:
> The callers are supposed to set up the gfp flags appropriately.
> 
> Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@....ntt.co.jp>

Acked-by: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@....com>

> ---
>  lib/swiotlb.c |    7 -------
>  1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/swiotlb.c b/lib/swiotlb.c
> index 977edbd..3066ffe 100644
> --- a/lib/swiotlb.c
> +++ b/lib/swiotlb.c
> @@ -467,13 +467,6 @@ swiotlb_alloc_coherent(struct device *hwdev, size_t size,
>  	void *ret;
>  	int order = get_order(size);
>  
> -	/*
> -	 * XXX fix me: the DMA API should pass us an explicit DMA mask
> -	 * instead, or use ZONE_DMA32 (ia64 overloads ZONE_DMA to be a ~32
> -	 * bit range instead of a 16MB one).
> -	 */
> -	flags |= GFP_DMA;
> -
>  	ret = (void *)__get_free_pages(flags, order);
>  	if (ret && address_needs_mapping(hwdev, virt_to_bus(ret))) {
>  		/*
> -- 
> 1.5.5.GIT
> 
> 

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