linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] dma-pool: Fix too large DMA pools on medium systems

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Message-ID: <20200629081255.GA32155@lst.de>
Date:   Mon, 29 Jun 2020 10:12:55 +0200
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Marion & Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>,
        Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] dma-pool: Fix too large DMA pools on medium systems

On Sat, Jun 27, 2020 at 06:13:43PM +0200, Marion & Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> I'm sorry, but I will not send pci_ --> dma_ conversion for this driver.
> I'm a bit puzzled by some choice of GFP_KERNEL and GFP_ATOMIC that not all 
> that obvious to me.
>
> I'll try to send some patches for other easier drivers in the coming weeks.

No problem, I sent a patch for the conversion of the allocations that
caused problems.