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

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On Wed, 21 May 2008 11:16:46 +0800
Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 10:36:51AM +0900, FUJITA Tomonori wrote:
> >
> > ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN represents DMA alignment since we guarantee
> > kmalloced buffers can be used for DMA.
> 
> That may be why it was created, but that is not its only application.

Currently, it's only applicaiton.


> In particular, it forms part of the calculation of the minimum
> alignment guaranteed by kmalloc which is why it's used in crpyto.
> 
> Of course, if some kind soul would move this calculation into a
> header file then we wouldn't be having this discussion.

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.

I'll send patches shortly.
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