linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] dmapool: push new blocks in ascending order

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Message-Id: <20230225204239.21f1e1ab9c9523f803d9624c@linux-foundation.org>
Date:   Sat, 25 Feb 2023 20:42:39 -0800
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Keith Busch <kbusch@...a.com>
Cc:     <linux-mm@...ck.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Keith Busch <kbusch@...nel.org>,
        Bryan O'Donoghue <bryan.odonoghue@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dmapool: push new blocks in ascending order

On Tue, 21 Feb 2023 08:54:00 -0800 Keith Busch <kbusch@...a.com> wrote:

> Some users of the dmapool need their allocations to happen in ascending
> order. The recent optimizations pushed the blocks in reverse order, so
> restore the previous behavior by linking the next available block from
> low-to-high.

As I understand it, this fixes the only known issues with patch series
"dmapool enhancements", v4.  So we're good for a merge before 6.3-rc1,
yes?