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2019 Apr 12
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[RFC PATCH 04/12] s390/cio: introduce cio DMA pool
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> > CCW we should use the device we have. Yes, this way we waste some memory
> > but all dma memory a device uses should fit in a page - so the wastage
> > is not too much.
> >
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> Is what you envision an own gen_pool on for each subchannel (e.g. a
> struct io_subchannel member)?
Either that or if that's too much overhead simply map a page and create
a struct containing the few dma areas for that device.
> I'm struggling with understanding the expected benefits of a
> per-subchannel pool/allocator. Can you please tell me what benefits do
> you ex...