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-rw-r--r--kernel/dma/contiguous.c11
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/dma/contiguous.c b/kernel/dma/contiguous.c
index 637b120d647b..bfc0c17f2a3d 100644
--- a/kernel/dma/contiguous.c
+++ b/kernel/dma/contiguous.c
@@ -223,14 +223,23 @@ bool dma_release_from_contiguous(struct device *dev, struct page *pages,
* This function allocates contiguous memory buffer for specified device. It
* first tries to use device specific contiguous memory area if available or
* the default global one, then tries a fallback allocation of normal pages.
+ *
+ * Note that it byapss one-page size of allocations from the global area as
+ * the addresses within one page are always contiguous, so there is no need
+ * to waste CMA pages for that kind; it also helps reduce fragmentations.
*/
struct page *dma_alloc_contiguous(struct device *dev, size_t size, gfp_t gfp)
{
int node = dev ? dev_to_node(dev) : NUMA_NO_NODE;
size_t count = PAGE_ALIGN(size) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
size_t align = get_order(PAGE_ALIGN(size));
- struct cma *cma = dev_get_cma_area(dev);
struct page *page = NULL;
+ struct cma *cma = NULL;
+
+ if (dev && dev->cma_area)
+ cma = dev->cma_area;
+ else if (count > 1)
+ cma = dma_contiguous_default_area;
/* CMA can be used only in the context which permits sleeping */
if (cma && gfpflags_allow_blocking(gfp)) {