linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Revert "mm/cma: manage the memory of the CMA area by using the ZONE

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Date:   Tue, 22 May 2018 17:02:57 -0700
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Joonsoo Kim <js1304@...il.com>
Cc:     Ville Syrjälä 
        <ville.syrjala@...ux.intel.com>, Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
        "Aneesh Kumar K . V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Laura Abbott <lauraa@...eaurora.org>,
        Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>,
        Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>,
        Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@...a86.com>,
        Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>,
        Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Revert
 "mm/cma: manage the memory of the CMA area by using the ZONE_MOVABLE"

On Mon, 21 May 2018 15:16:33 +0900 Joonsoo Kim <js1304@...il.com> wrote:

> > (gdb) list *(dma_direct_alloc+0x22f)
> > 0x573fbf is in dma_direct_alloc (../lib/dma-direct.c:104).
> > 94	
> > 95		if (!page)
> > 96			return NULL;
> > 97		ret = page_address(page);
> > 98		if (force_dma_unencrypted()) {
> > 99			set_memory_decrypted((unsigned long)ret, 1 << page_order);
> > 100			*dma_handle = __phys_to_dma(dev, page_to_phys(page));
> > 101		} else {
> > 102			*dma_handle = phys_to_dma(dev, page_to_phys(page));
> > 103		}
> > 104		memset(ret, 0, size);
> > 105		return ret;
> > 106	}
> > 
> 
> Okay. I find the reason about this error.

It's getting rather late and we don't seem to have a final set of fixes
yet.  Perhaps the best approach here is to revert and try again for
4.18?