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The single atomic pool is allocated from the lowest zone possible since it is guaranteed to be applicable for any DMA allocation. Devices may allocate through the DMA API but not have a strict reliance on GFP_DMA memory. Since the atomic pool will be used for all non-blockable allocations, returning all memory from ZONE_DMA may unnecessarily deplete the zone. Provision for multiple atomic pools that will map to the optimal gfp mask of the device. When allocating non-blockable memory, determine the optimal gfp mask of the device and use the appropriate atomic pool. The coherent DMA mask will remain the same between allocation and free and, thus, memory will be freed to the same atomic pool it was allocated from. __dma_atomic_pool_init() will be changed to return struct gen_pool * later once dynamic expansion is added. Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.