Re: 2.6.26: x86/kernel/pci_dma.c: gfp |= __GFP_NORETRY ?

[Alan Cox]

> No it doesn't because the lower zone protection basically never puts
> anything that is not GFP_DMA into the 16MB zone.
> 
> Just check yourself on your machine using sysrq.
> 
> That was one of the motivations behind the mask allocator design.

Try a 16MB embedded PC 

Alan
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