That's fine but there are drivers (USB, etc) doing
struct something {
int field1;
char dma_buffer[SMALLER_THAN_CACHE_LINE];
int field2;
};
struct something *dev = kmalloc(sizeof *dev, GFP_KERNEL);
Do they have to change to
How about allocating struct something using pci_pool?
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