Re: [PATCH] iuu_phoenix - new release v0.4 - call for review/comments

Alan Cox <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.usb.devel
Organization Red Hat UK Cyf., Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1TE, Y Deyrnas Gyfunol. Cofrestrwyd yng Nghymru a Lloegr o'r rhif cofrestru 3798903
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 15:48:40 +0200
Oliver Neukum <[email protected]> wrote:

> Am Montag 13 August 2007 schrieb Alan Cox:
> >  +static int iuu_alloc_buf(struct iuu_private *priv)
> > > +{
> > > +	priv->buf = kzalloc(256, GFP_KERNEL);
> > > +	priv->dbgbuf = kzalloc(256, GFP_KERNEL);
> > > +	priv->writebuf = kzalloc(256, GFP_KERNEL);
> > > +	if (!priv->buf || !priv->dbgbuf || !priv->writebuf) {
> > > +		dbg("%s problem allocation buffer", __FUNCTION__);
> > > +		return -ENOMEM;
> > > +	}
> > > +	return 0;
> > > +}
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> > Given they have the same lifetime what is wrong with simply putting them
> > in struct iuu_private as arrays ?
> 
> Alignment issue for the architectures which don't have cache consistent DMA.

Is using __cacheline_aligned not sufficient for that ?

Alan

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