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From: Duncan Sands <duncan.sands@math.u-psud.fr>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Avoid to use kmalloc in usb/core/message.c
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> I wonder why the invocations of kmalloc are needed in these functions.

Because some architectures can't do DMA to/from the stack.

All the best,

Duncan.