linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] dma-mapping: DMA_COHERENT_POOL should select GENERIC

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Date:   Thu, 18 Jun 2020 10:49:14 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dma-mapping: DMA_COHERENT_POOL should select
 GENERIC_ALLOCATOR

On Thu, 18 Jun 2020, Christoph Hellwig wrote:

> The dma coherent pool code needs genalloc.  Move the select over
> from DMA_REMAP, which doesn't actually need it.
> 
> Fixes: dbed452a078d ("dma-pool: decouple DMA_REMAP from DMA_COHERENT_POOL")
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>

Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>

Thanks Christoph.  In the initial bug report from Alex Xu, his .config set 
CONFIG_GENERIC_ALLOCATOR already so I think there is very little risk with 
this patch.