linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2] net: ethernet: mellanox: correct page conversion

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Date:	Mon, 18 Apr 2016 08:17:02 -0700
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Eli Cohen <eli@...lanox.com>
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Sinan Kaya <okaya@...eaurora.org>,
	"linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org" <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
	"timur@...eaurora.org" <timur@...eaurora.org>,
	"cov@...eaurora.org" <cov@...eaurora.org>,
	Yishai Hadas <yishaih@...lanox.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] net: ethernet: mellanox: correct page conversion

On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 02:39:36PM +0000, Eli Cohen wrote:
> Right, I did not suggest this as a patch but just wanted to pinpoint the problematic issue which is that virt_to_page does not give you the correct pointer to the page.

Removing both the virt_to_page + vmap calls would solve the issue
indeed.