On Fri, 10 Jun 2011, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: > > Should one submit a patch adding a warning to GFP_DMA allocations > > w/o ZONE_DMA, or the idea of the original patch is wrong? > > Linus was far from impressed by the original commit, saying: > | Using GFP_DMA is reasonable in a driver - on platforms where that > | matters, it should allocate from the DMA zone, on platforms where it > | doesn't matter it should be a no-op. > > So no, not even a warning. > Any words of wisdom for users with CONFIG_ZONE_DMA=n that actually use drivers where they need GFP_DMA? The page allocator should just silently return memory from anywhere? -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>