Re: [PATCH 29/67] dma-direct: use node local allocations for coherent memory
From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Date: 2018-01-02 10:29:16
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Missing patch description explaining why this change is desirable. On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 9:18 AM, Christoph Hellwig [off-list ref] wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
--- a/lib/dma-direct.c +++ b/lib/dma-direct.c@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ static void *dma_direct_alloc(struct device *dev, size_t size, if (gfpflags_allow_blocking(gfp)) page = dma_alloc_from_contiguous(dev, count, page_order, gfp); if (!page) - page = alloc_pages(gfp, page_order); + page = alloc_pages_node(dev_to_node(dev), gfp, page_order); if (!page) return NULL;
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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