Re: [PATCH 2/3] virt: vbox: Use __get_free_pages instead of kmalloc for DMA32 memory

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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] virt: vbox: Use __get_free_pages instead of kmalloc for DMA32 memory
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2018 13:58:31 +0200
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>, Michael Thayer <michael.thayer@xxxxxxxxxx>, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <20180329112116.26488-2-hdegoede@redhat.com>
User-agent: Mutt/1.9.4 (2018-02-28)

On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 01:21:15PM +0200, Hans de Goede wrote:
> It is not possible to get DMA32 zone memory through kmalloc,

Why can't we just fix that issue here instead?

thanks,

greg k-h

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