Re: [PATCH] dma-debug: increase HASH_SIZE

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Eric,

On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 4:04 PM Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 6:55 AM Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > JFTR, this increases dma_entry_hash size by 327680 bytes, and pushes
> > a few more boards beyond their bootloader-imposed kernel size limits.
> >
> > Disabling CONFIG_DMA_API_DEBUG fixes that.
> > Of course the real fix is to fix the bootloaders...
>
> Maybe we can make the hash size arch-dependent, or better dynamically
> allocate this memory ?

Dynamically allocating would be the better solution, IMHO.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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