[PATCH V14 14/21] powerpc/powernv: Allocate struct pnv_ioda_pe iommu_table dynamically

Bjorn Helgaas bhelgaas at google.com
Sat Mar 21 08:22:46 AEDT 2015


On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 11:06:30AM +0800, Wei Yang wrote:
> Previously the iommu_table had the same lifetime as a struct pnv_ioda_pe
> and was embedded in it. The pnv_ioda_pe was assigned to a PE on the bootup
> stage. Since PEs are based on the hardware layout which is static in the
> system, they will never get released. This means the iommu_table in the
> pnv_ioda_pe will never get rleased neither.

"will never get released either."


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