linux-kernel - Re: [BUG] 2.6.23-git18 Kernel oops in sg helpers

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Message-ID: <20071024083233.GG14671@kernel.dk>
Date:	Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:32:33 +0200
From:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
To:	FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@....ntt.co.jp>
Cc:	kamalesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	apw@...dowen.org, tomof@....org
Subject: Re: [BUG] 2.6.23-git18 Kernel oops in sg helpers

On Wed, Oct 24 2007, FUJITA Tomonori wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 20:49:40 +0530
> Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Kernel oops is triggered while running fsx-linux test, followed by cpu softlock
> > over the AMD box
> > 
> > Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000018 RIP: 
> >  [<ffffffff8021f2f6>] gart_map_sg+0x26c/0x406
> > PGD 10185b067 PUD 10075b067 PMD 0 
> 
> Does this work?
> 
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/pci-gart_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/pci-gart_64.c
> index c56e9ee..ae7e016 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/pci-gart_64.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/pci-gart_64.c
> @@ -338,7 +338,6 @@ static int __dma_map_cont(struct scatterlist *start, int nelems,
>  		
>  		BUG_ON(s != start && s->offset);
>  		if (s == start) {
> -			*sout = *s; 
>  			sout->dma_address = iommu_bus_base;
>  			sout->dma_address += iommu_page*PAGE_SIZE + s->offset;
>  			sout->dma_length = s->length;
> @@ -365,7 +364,7 @@ static inline int dma_map_cont(struct scatterlist *start, int nelems,
>  {
>  	if (!need) {
>  		BUG_ON(nelems != 1);
> -		*sout = *start;
> +		sout->dma_address = start->dma_address;
>  		sout->dma_length = start->length;
>  		return 0;
>  	}
> -- 
> 1.5.2.4

Care to write up a proper changelog?

-- 
Jens Axboe

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