netdev - Re: Validation of DMA params breaks e100 driver (2.6.28-rc2)

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Date:	Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:37:33 +0100
From:	Anders Grafström <grfstrm@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:	"Brandeburg, Jesse" <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>
CC:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.arm.linux.org.uk" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.arm.linux.org.uk>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: Validation of DMA params breaks e100 driver (2.6.28-rc2)

Brandeburg, Jesse wrote:
> On Fri, 31 Oct 2008, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> 
>> On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 05:27:59PM +0100, Anders Grafström wrote:
>>> The e100 driver triggers BUG_ON(buf->direction != dir)
>>> by doing pci_map_single(..., PCI_DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL)
>>> and pci_dma_sync_single_for_device(..., PCI_DMA_TODEVICE).
>>>
>>> I'm guessing it's allowed to do that and that something like
>>> the patch below is called for?
>> No, it is not allowed to do that - that's why it's called "BUG_ON".
>> Changing the DMA direction, especially with dmabounce will result
>> in unexpected behaviour.
> 
> okay, how about this patch...  only compile tested as I couldn't get 
> net-next-2.6 to boot on my test machine.  I'll get some testing done on 
> this, but in the meantime....
> 
> e100: fix dma error in direction for mapping
> 
> From: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>

I failed to save this patch (flowed format?) but I applied it manually
to 2.6.28-rc4 and tried it. Appears to work.

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