[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 7/7] eal/mem: use DMA mask check for legacy memory
Burakov, Anatoly
anatoly.burakov at intel.com
Thu Nov 1 15:28:20 CET 2018
On 01-Nov-18 1:39 PM, Alejandro Lucero wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 1, 2018 at 10:40 AM Burakov, Anatoly
> <anatoly.burakov at intel.com <mailto:anatoly.burakov at intel.com>> wrote:
>
> On 31-Oct-18 5:29 PM, Alejandro Lucero wrote:
> > If a device reports addressing limitations through a dma mask,
> > the IOVAs for mapped memory needs to be checked out for ensuring
> > correct functionality.
> >
> > Previous patches introduced this DMA check for main memory code
> > currently being used but other options like legacy memory and the
> > no hugepages one need to be also considered.
> >
> > This patch adds the DMA check for those cases.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Alejandro Lucero <alejandro.lucero at netronome.com
> <mailto:alejandro.lucero at netronome.com>>
> > ---
>
> IMO this needs to be integrated with patch 5.
>
>
> Not sure about this. patch 5 is a follow-up of patch 4, and this is to
> add support for other EAL supported memory options.
>
So it's a followup of patch 5, adding pretty much the same functionality
(only in a different place). It's pretty safe to say these should be in
the same patch, or at the very least one after the other.
--
Thanks,
Anatoly
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