linux-kernel - Re: No dma_sync_* during pci_probe? (Sparc, post 2.6.22 regression)

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Date:	Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:50:32 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de
Cc:	sparclinux@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	gregkh@...e.de, krh@...planet.net,
	linux1394-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: No dma_sync_* during pci_probe? (Sparc, post 2.6.22 regression)

From: Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:53:03 +0100

> The fault happens due to dma_sync_single_for_device() which
> drivers/firewire/fw-ohci.c calls in ar_context_add_page() when still
> being in its pci_probe method.  I suspect that --- at least on Sparc and
> after 2.6.22 --- it is not possible anymore to use dma_sync_* before the
> pci_device's or device's probe was finished.
> 
> Would that be a bug in the Sparc platform code?  Or a bug in driver core
> code or in PCI code?  Or am I expected to refrain from dma_sync_* calls
> until after the probe returned?

The problem is likely what device struct you are passing to
dma_sync_single_for_device(), it has to be a real pci_dev or similar
that has it's dev_archdata properly initialized.

I bet dev_archdata in whatever "struct device" is being passed in has
a NULL iommu pointer or something like that.

Oh yeah, I see what you're doing, that won't work, please pass in
the correct device struct pointer.  Please pass in the &pci_dev->dev
not this ohci->card.device thing.
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