[RFC PATCH 04/15] lib/scatterlist: Add flag for indicating P2PDMA segments in an SGL

Logan Gunthorpe logang at deltatee.com
Mon Nov 9 11:47:11 EST 2020



On 2020-11-09 2:12 a.m., Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 06, 2020 at 10:00:25AM -0700, Logan Gunthorpe wrote:
>> We make use of the top bit of the dma_length to indicate a P2PDMA
>> segment.
> 
> I don't think "we" can.  There is nothing limiting the size of a SGL
> segment.

Yes, I expected this would be the unacceptable part. Any alternative ideas?

Logan



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