Re: [EXT] Re: [PATCH] cnic: change __GFP_COMP allocation method

Christoph Hellwig
2023-12-21T06:48:19Z

On Tue, Dec 19, 2023 at 06:16:38AM +0000, Nilesh Javali wrote:
> If you are referring to the series proposed by Chris Leech, then this had
> objections. And that was the reason to look for an alternative method for
> coherent DMA mapping.
>
> [PATCH 0/3] UIO_MEM_DMA_COHERENT for cnic/bnx2/bnx2x

Yes. Well, Greg (rightly) dislikes what the iscsi drivers have been
doing. But we're stuck supporting them, so I see no way around that.