Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sat, 26 May 2001 01:47:54 -0300 (BRST) | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: Linux-2.4.5 |
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On Sat, 26 May 2001, Rik van Riel wrote:
> 1) normal user allocation > 2) buffer allocation (bounce buffer + bufferhead) > 3) allocation from interrupt (for device driver)
Hmmmm, now that I think of it, we always need to be able to guarantee _both_ 2) and 3). For different allocators and interrupts. I guess the only long-term solution is to have real memory reservation strategies, like the one in Ben's patch.
That might be a 2.5 thing, though ... Ben?
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