netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: ravb: Fix dma_addr

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Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2024 12:43:03 +0300
From: Sergey Shtylyov <s.shtylyov@....ru>
To: Nikita Yushchenko <nikita.yoush@...entembedded.com>, "David S. Miller"
	<davem@...emloft.net>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni
	<pabeni@...hat.com>
CC: Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea.uj@...renesas.com>, Yoshihiro Shimoda
	<yoshihiro.shimoda.uh@...esas.com>, Wolfram Sang
	<wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com>, Uwe Kleine-König
	<u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: ravb: Fix dma_addr_t truncation in error case

On 1/13/24 7:22 AM, Nikita Yushchenko wrote:

> In ravb_start_xmit(), ravb driver uses u32 variable to store result of
> dma_map_single() call. Since ravb hardware has 32-bit address fields in
> descriptors, this works properly when mapping is successful - it is
> platform's job to provide mapping addresses that fit into hardware
> limitations.
> 
> However, in failure case dma_map_single() returns DMA_MAPPING_ERROR
> constant that is 64-bit when dma_addr_t is 64-bit. Storing this constant
> in u32 leads to truncation, and further call to dma_mapping_error()
> fails to notice the error.
> 
> Fix that by storing result of dma_map_single() in a dma_addr_t
> variable.
> 
> Fixes: c156633f1353 ("Renesas Ethernet AVB driver proper")
> Signed-off-by: Nikita Yushchenko <nikita.yoush@...entembedded.com>

Reviewed-by: Sergey Shtylyov <s.shtylyov@....ru>

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MBR, Sergey