Re: [GIT PULL] remove dma_zalloc_coherent

2019-01-12 Thread pr-tracker-bot
The pull request you sent on Sat, 12 Jan 2019 19:13:55 +0100: > git://git.infradead.org/users/hch/dma-mapping.git > tags/remove-dma_zalloc_coherent-5.0 has been merged into torvalds/linux.git: https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/66c56cfa64d9dbb9efa8a06c1aece77e8d57ea19 Thank you! -- Deet-doot-d

Re: [GIT PULL] remove dma_zalloc_coherent

2019-01-12 Thread Linus Torvalds
On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 10:31 AM Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > Many users don't need it for security reasons, but given that x86 > and arm have done it forever various drivers started relying on the > behavior. Ok, I guess that's a pretty strong argument. Linus

Re: [GIT PULL] remove dma_zalloc_coherent

2019-01-12 Thread Christoph Hellwig
On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 10:27:58AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > So I'm still debating this myself, which is why I haven't reacted. > > The reason I'm not entirely sure this makes sense is that not every > user actually mmaps things into user space. While that is the security reason for it, we a

Re: [GIT PULL] remove dma_zalloc_coherent

2019-01-12 Thread Linus Torvalds
On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 10:14 AM Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > Lets see if this works better as a pull request than the > plain patches: So I'm still debating this myself, which is why I haven't reacted. The reason I'm not entirely sure this makes sense is that not every user actually mmaps thing