Re: [PATCH 09/16] [media] au6610: get rid of on-stack dma buffer

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On Fri, 18 Mar 2011 18:34:58 +0200
Antti Palosaari <crope@xxxxxx> wrote:

> On 03/15/2011 10:43 AM, Florian Mickler wrote:
> > usb_control_msg initiates (and waits for completion of) a dma transfer using
> > the supplied buffer. That buffer thus has to be seperately allocated on
> > the heap.
> >
> > In lib/dma_debug.c the function check_for_stack even warns about it:
> > 	WARNING: at lib/dma-debug.c:866 check_for_stack
> >
> > Note: This change is tested to compile only, as I don't have the hardware.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Florian Mickler<florian@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> 
> This patch did not found from patchwork! Probably skipped due to broken 
> Cc at my contact. Please resend.
> 
> Anyhow, I tested and reviewed it.
> 
> Acked-by: Antti Palosaari <crope@xxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Antti Palosaari <crope@xxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Antti Palosaari <crope@xxxxxx>
> 
> [1] https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-media/list/
> 
> Antti
> 

Yes, there was some broken adressing on my side. Sorry. 

Thanks for review && test!  I will resend (hopefully this weekend) the
series when I reviewed some of the other patches if it is
feasible/better to use prealocated memory as suggested by Mauro. 

How often does au6610_usb_msg get called in normal operation? Should it
use preallocated memory?

Regards,
Flo
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