# Re: \[PATCH\] dmaengine: xilinx\_dma: Alloc tx descriptors GFP\_NOWAIT

- From: Vinod Koul \<vkoul@kernel.org\>
- Date: 2021-02-01 09:57:46 
- List: linux-arm-kernel
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-arm-kernel/2021/02/6253417
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/dmaengine/2021/01/6251840/t.md

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On 29-01-21, 17:08, Richard Fitzgerald wrote:
> Use GFP_NOWAIT allocation in xilinx_dma_alloc_tx_descriptor().
> 
> This is necessary for compatibility with ALSA, which calls
> dmaengine_prep_dma_cyclic() from an atomic context.

Applied, thanks

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~Vinod

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