linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] crypto: hisilicon/hpre - don't use GFP

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Date:   Tue, 19 Jul 2022 11:31:02 +0800
From:   shaozhengchao <shaozhengchao@...wei.com>
To:     Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
CC:     <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <liulongfang@...wei.com>, <davem@...emloft.net>,
        <xuzaibo@...wei.com>, <weiyongjun1@...wei.com>,
        <yuehaibing@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: hisilicon/hpre - don't use GFP_KERNEL to alloc
 mem during softirq

On 2022/7/19 10:16, Herbert Xu wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 10:10:42AM +0800, Zhengchao Shao wrote:
>>
>> @@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ static int hpre_prepare_dma_buf(struct hpre_asym_request *hpre_req,
>>   	if (unlikely(shift < 0))
>>   		return -EINVAL;
>>   
>> -	ptr = dma_alloc_coherent(dev, ctx->key_sz, tmp, GFP_KERNEL);
>> +	ptr = dma_alloc_coherent(dev, ctx->key_sz, tmp, flags);
> 
> How about just using GFP_ATOMIC unconditinoally?
> 
> Cheers,

Hi Herbert:
	Thank you for your reply. I think differentiate the application 
scenarios of GFP flags, which can be more suitable to allocate memory.

Zhengchao Shao