Re: [PATCH 0/3] fix alloc_coherent allocation issues(tip/x86/iommu)

[FUJITA Tomonori]

On Fri,  5 Sep 2008 17:58:46 +0900
FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This patchset restores some of the current alloc_coherent behaviors
> that Joerg's x86 patchset (in tip/x86/iommu) changes.
> 
> The first patch uses __GFP_DMA for NULL device argument (fallback_dev)
> with pci-nommu. It's a hack for ISA (and some old code) so we need
> DMA_ZONE.
> 
> The second patch uses __GFP_NORETRY in the case of GFP_DMA.
> 
> The third patch is a minor cleanup.

Oops, I messed up the subjects. They should have been:

[PATCH 1/3] x86: fix nommu_alloc_coherent allocation with NULL device argument
[PATCH 2/3] x86: use __GFP_NORETRY in the case of GFP_DMA with pci-nommu
[PATCH 3/3] x86: gart alloc_coherent doesn't need to check NULL device argument

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