[PATCH 3/3] swiotlb: use GFP_DMA32 instead of GFP_DMA in swiotlb_alloc_coherent
From: FUJITA Tomonori
Date: Wed Sep 03 2008 - 14:20:03 EST
x86 sets up gfp flag propely so swiotlb_alloc_coherent doesn't need to
use GFP_DMA unconditionally. It leads to allocation failures in some
systems.
Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
lib/swiotlb.c | 7 +------
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lib/swiotlb.c b/lib/swiotlb.c
index 977edbd..b88d7c2 100644
--- a/lib/swiotlb.c
+++ b/lib/swiotlb.c
@@ -467,12 +467,7 @@ swiotlb_alloc_coherent(struct device *hwdev, size_t size,
void *ret;
int order = get_order(size);
- /*
- * XXX fix me: the DMA API should pass us an explicit DMA mask
- * instead, or use ZONE_DMA32 (ia64 overloads ZONE_DMA to be a ~32
- * bit range instead of a 16MB one).
- */
- flags |= GFP_DMA;
+ flags |= GFP_DMA32;
ret = (void *)__get_free_pages(flags, order);
if (ret && address_needs_mapping(hwdev, virt_to_bus(ret))) {
--
1.5.5.GIT
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