linux-kernel - [PATCH] [1/4] x86_64: Fail dma_alloc

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Date:	Wed, 15 Aug 2007 02:40:34 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
To:	patches@...-64.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...l.org
Subject: [PATCH] [1/4] x86_64: Fail dma_alloc_coherent on dma less devices 


This should fix an oops with PCMCIA PATA devices

http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8424

This is not a full fix for the problem, but probably
still the right thing to do.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>

---
 arch/x86_64/kernel/pci-dma.c |    4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

Index: linux/arch/x86_64/kernel/pci-dma.c
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/arch/x86_64/kernel/pci-dma.c
+++ linux/arch/x86_64/kernel/pci-dma.c
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ dma_alloc_coherent(struct device *dev, s
 	if (dma_mask == 0)
 		dma_mask = DMA_32BIT_MASK;
 
+	/* Device not DMA able */
+	if (dev->dma_mask == NULL)
+		return NULL;
+
 	/* Don't invoke OOM killer */
 	gfp |= __GFP_NORETRY;
 
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