Re: [PATCH v6 6/8] dma: swiotlb: Centralize memory-encryption pool sizing

From: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 6/8] dma: swiotlb: Centralize memory-encryption pool sizing
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2026 17:47:58 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <yq5atsmx3ds9.fsf@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <asYZFXGyafRjjBS0@arm.com>

Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> writes:

> On Tue, Oct 06, 2026 at 10:49:17PM +0100, Will Deacon wrote:
>> On Thu, Sep 24, 2026 at 11:37:54AM +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm) wrote:

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>
> That said, such heuristics should have been a separate patch to make it
> easier to review/drop.
>

I kept them in a single patch to avoid breaking bisection. Otherwise, an
intermediate commit would allocate a swiotlb bounce buffer for pKVM.

-aneesh