Re: dma-debug: check_for_stack background?

From: Stefan Richter
Date: Sun Jun 14 2009 - 17:44:05 EST


Ben Dooks wrote:
On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 08:56:29PM +0200, Stefan Richter wrote:
the DMA debug facility warns about mappings of on-stack memory. What's the problem with that?
...
I'm not sure if it is possible on all architectures, however the
DMA mapping documentation prohibts the use of stack memory.

Ah, it has all been documented in plain sight for ages. Thanks for the pointer.
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