2007-02-26 16:08:59

by Bernhard Walle

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Subject: GFP_DMA in sd_revalidate_disk

Hello,

[since I got no reply in linux-scsi, I'll try here]

Is GFP_DMA really needed in sd_revalidate_disk() in every circumstances?
That's the code:

buffer = kmalloc(SD_BUF_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_DMA);
if (!buffer) {
printk(KERN_WARNING "(sd_revalidate_disk:) Memory allocation "
"failure.\n");
goto out;
}

Or should could the check (sdp->host->unchecked_isa_dma ? __GFP_DMA : 0)
applied here, too?

Thanks!


Regards,
Bernhard