linux-kernel - Re: [BUG] SLOB breaks Crypto

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Message-Id: <20100520124026G.fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp>
Date:	Thu, 20 May 2010 12:38:01 +0900
From:	FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@....ntt.co.jp>
To:	davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	mpm@...enic.com, geert@...ux-m68k.org, dwmw2@...radead.org,
	herbert@...dor.hengli.com.au, penberg@...helsinki.fi,
	ken@...elabs.ch, michael-dev@...i-braun.de,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
	anemo@....ocn.ne.jp
Subject: Re: [BUG] SLOB breaks Crypto

On Wed, 19 May 2010 12:33:25 -0700 (PDT)
David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:

> From: Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>
> Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 09:11:47 -0500
> 
> > I still think we should add it to all of them as positive documentation
> > that this issue has been considered. And then make the kernel not
> > compile without it so new arch implementors can't miss it.
> 
> I agree and would even go so far as to suggest that we break all
> architectures not setting it now.

About documentation, I think that ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN description
would fit in "Platform Issues" section in DMA-API-HOWTO. I'll add it
later.
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