Return-path: Received: from igloo.linux.gr ([62.1.205.36]:58654 "EHLO igloo.linux.gr" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932438Ab0JXUqT (ORCPT ); Sun, 24 Oct 2010 16:46:19 -0400 From: Serafeim Zanikolas To: herton@mandriva.com.br, htl10@users.sourceforge.net, Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net, linville@tuxdriver.com, joe@perches.com, davem@davemloft.net, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Serafeim Zanikolas Subject: [PATCH] drivers: rtl818x: request DMA-able memory Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 22:32:07 +0200 Message-Id: <1287952327-9924-1-git-send-email-sez@debian.org> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Despite the indicated intention in comment, the kmalloc() call was not explicitly requesting memory from ZONE_DMA. Signed-off-by: Serafeim Zanikolas --- drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8187_dev.c | 3 ++- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8187_dev.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8187_dev.c index 38fa824..771794d 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8187_dev.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8187_dev.c @@ -1343,7 +1343,8 @@ static int __devinit rtl8187_probe(struct usb_interface *intf, priv->is_rtl8187b = (id->driver_info == DEVICE_RTL8187B); /* allocate "DMA aware" buffer for register accesses */ - priv->io_dmabuf = kmalloc(sizeof(*priv->io_dmabuf), GFP_KERNEL); + priv->io_dmabuf = kmalloc(sizeof(*priv->io_dmabuf), + GFP_DMA | GFP_KERNEL); if (!priv->io_dmabuf) { err = -ENOMEM; goto err_free_dev; -- 1.7.1