linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] ARM: dma: fix dma_max

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Date:   Wed, 28 Sep 2016 09:46:18 +0100
From:   Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@...linux.org.uk>
To:     Roger Quadros <rogerq@...com>
Cc:     Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@...cle.com>,
        ssantosh@...nel.org, grygorii.strashko@...com,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] ARM: dma: fix dma_max_pfn()

On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 10:53:49AM +0300, Roger Quadros wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 12/09/16 14:38, Roger Quadros wrote:
> > Hi Santosh & Russell,
> > 
> > On 19/08/16 19:38, Santosh Shilimkar wrote:
> >>
> >> On 8/19/2016 12:30 AM, Roger Quadros wrote:
> >>> Hi Santosh,
> >>>
> >>
> >>>>> So I'm 99.9% convinced that the proposed change is correct.
> >>>>>
> >>>> I will got with that then :-) and take my objection back. Just
> >>>> saying that if there other breakages which I can't recollect now,
> >>>> those drivers needs to be patched as well.
> >>>>
> >>> I was able to boot the Keystone2 Edison EVM over NFS with the $subject patch.
> >>> Boot log is below. Do you see anything suspicious?
> >>>
> >> Logs looks ok to me. Probably do some tests where DMA and bounce buffers etc gets tested. Running it through your internal regression
> >> suit will be good idea as well if thats possible.
> >>
> > 
> > This has been running in our internal test suite for a week on various TI
> > platforms. There haven't been any surprises.
> > 
> > Is it a good idea to at least put this in -next for a wider test audience?
> 
> Gentle reminder.

Please put it in the patch system, thanks.

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