linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/10] crypto: Driver conversions for DMA alignment

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Date:   Mon, 5 Dec 2022 22:27:58 -0800
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>, Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Linux Memory Management List <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        LinuxKernelMailingList@...dor.apana.org.au,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Linux Crypto Mailing List <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/10] crypto: Driver conversions for DMA alignment

On Tue, Dec 06, 2022 at 12:13:52PM +0800, Herbert Xu wrote:
> Yes they're clearly bogus.  Basically they are saying they want
> memory that is aligned sufficiently for DMA.  So if Catalin's
> patch-set will break this assumption, then all the GFP_DMA allocations
> in drivers/crypto will need to be enlarged to take this into
> account.

But GFP_DMA never did do anything at all about alignment.  It picks
allocations from ZONE_DMA (which on x86 is the first 16MB only).