linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Make GFP_DMA allocations w/o ZONE

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Message-ID: <BANLkTimC8K2_H7ZEu2XYoWdA09-3XxpV7Q@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 10 Jun 2011 12:11:42 +0400
From:	Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dbaryshkov@...il.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	tglx@...utronix.de, rientjes@...gle.com, linux@....linux.org.uk,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mel@....ul.ie,
	kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com, riel@...hat.com, pavel@....cz
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Make GFP_DMA allocations w/o ZONE_DMA emit a warning
 instead of failing

On 6/10/11, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 16:38:06 +0900 KOSAKI Motohiro
> <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com> wrote:
>
>> Subject: [PATCH] Revert "mm: fail GFP_DMA allocations when ZONE_DMA is not
>> configured"
>
> Confused.  We reverted this over a week ago.

Should one submit a patch adding a warning to GFP_DMA allocations
w/o ZONE_DMA, or the idea of the original patch is wrong?

-- 
With best wishes
Dmitry
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