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Date:   Tue, 6 Aug 2019 18:07:09 +0200
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
To:     "Lendacky, Thomas" <Thomas.Lendacky@amd.com>
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Subject: Re: Regression due to d98849aff879 (dma-direct: handle
 DMA_ATTR_NO_KERNEL_MAPPING in common code)
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On Tue, Aug 06, 2019 at 03:59:40PM +0000, Lendacky, Thomas wrote:
> As long as two different cookie types (page pointer for encrypted DMA
> and virtual address returned from page_address() for unencrypted DMA)
> is ok. I'm just not familiar with how the cookie is used in any other
> functions, if at all.

DMA_ATTR_NO_KERNEL_MAPPING is intended for memory never used in the
kernel, either because it is just a buffer for device that are too cheap
to enough dram, or because it is a buffer for userspace to device
communication that the kernel just mediates.