Re: [PATCH v5 14/16] dma-direct: Allocate memory from restricted DMA pool if available

2021-05-03 Thread Claire Chang
On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 9:46 PM Robin Murphy wrote: > > On 2021-04-22 09:15, Claire Chang wrote: > > The restricted DMA pool is preferred if available. > > > > The restricted DMA pools provide a basic level of protection against the > > DMA overwriting buffer contents at unexpected times. However,

Re: [PATCH v5 14/16] dma-direct: Allocate memory from restricted DMA pool if available

2021-04-23 Thread Robin Murphy
On 2021-04-22 09:15, Claire Chang wrote: The restricted DMA pool is preferred if available. The restricted DMA pools provide a basic level of protection against the DMA overwriting buffer contents at unexpected times. However, to protect against general data leakage and system memory corruption,

[PATCH v5 14/16] dma-direct: Allocate memory from restricted DMA pool if available

2021-04-22 Thread Claire Chang
The restricted DMA pool is preferred if available. The restricted DMA pools provide a basic level of protection against the DMA overwriting buffer contents at unexpected times. However, to protect against general data leakage and system memory corruption, the system needs to provide a way to lock