linux-kernel - Re: ensure dma_alloc_coherent always returns zeroed memory

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Date:   Thu, 20 Dec 2018 15:34:15 +0100
From:   "hch@....de" <hch@....de>
To:     Eugeniy Paltsev <eugeniy.paltsev@...opsys.com>
Cc:     "hch@....de" <hch@....de>,
        Vineet Gupta <vineet.gupta1@...opsys.com>,
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Subject: Re: ensure dma_alloc_coherent always returns zeroed memory

On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 02:32:52PM +0000, Eugeniy Paltsev wrote:
> Hi Christoph,
> 
> I test kernel from your 'dma-alloc-always-zero' branch, and as
> I can see we have DMA peripherals (like USB) broken.

I would be really surprised if that is caused by the patch to add
the zeroing.  Can you check which commit caused the issue by bisecting
from a known good baseline?