On Tue, Nov 07, 2017 at 08:48:38AM -0700, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > Can't you just use vmalloc and dma_map that? Other drivers follow that > approach.. You can't easily due to the flushing requirements. We used to do that in XFS and it led to problems. You need the page allocator + vmap + invalidate_kernel_vmap_range + flush_kernel_vmap_range to get the cache flushing right. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>
