Re: [PATCH 1/4] block: use ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN as the default dma pad mask

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On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 03:54:14PM +0900, FUJITA Tomonori wrote:
>
> As explained, with the current way we define ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN,
> crypto doesn't need to use it. But to make it clear, we had better
> clean up these defines, such as renaming it an appropriate name like
> ARCH_DMA_ALIGN.

No you don't understand the way crypto is using it.  We need to
know exactly the minimum alignment guaranteed by kmalloc.  Too much
or too little are both buggy.

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