linux-kernel - [PATCH] dma-debug: add comment for failed to check map error

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Date:   Tue, 17 Jan 2017 11:04:49 +0800
From:   Miles Chen <miles.chen@...iatek.com>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:     <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <wsd_upstream@...iatek.com>,
        Miles Chen <miles.chen@...iatek.com>
Subject: [PATCH] dma-debug: add comment for failed to check map error

Add comment for failed to check map error to help driver
developers.

Signed-off-by: Miles Chen <miles.chen@...iatek.com>
---
 lib/dma-debug.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/dma-debug.c b/lib/dma-debug.c
index 8971370..60c57ec 100644
--- a/lib/dma-debug.c
+++ b/lib/dma-debug.c
@@ -1155,6 +1155,11 @@ static void check_unmap(struct dma_debug_entry *ref)
 			   dir2name[ref->direction]);
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Drivers should use dma_mapping_error() to check the returned
+	 * addresses of dma_map_single() and dma_map_page().
+	 * If not, print this warning message. See Documentation/DMA-API.txt.
+	 */
 	if (entry->map_err_type == MAP_ERR_NOT_CHECKED) {
 		err_printk(ref->dev, entry,
 			   "DMA-API: device driver failed to check map error"
-- 
1.9.1