> > Probably. it would be safe to use vmalloc for allocating txb anyway. > > I'll give it a try. > > So vmalloc didn't break anything on the 32bit machine I'm just about > to install 64 one so it will take hour or two.. I will issue some > official patch after that. Well, I disagree, and I'll push my patch as soon as somebody confirms that it doesn't break anything. > > There was already discussion on LKML about memory allocation problems > > on X86_64, which might explain this regression. This didn't happen > > before. > > This is the thread title if you are interested. > 'x86/kernel/pci_dma.c: gfp |= __GFP_NORETRY' Like I said, it doesn't matter, there's no need to _waste_ 18*256*sizeof(void *) bytes memory. johannes
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