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

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Thu Mar 29 2018 - 07:58:44 EST

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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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