linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.25-rc2-mm1: WARNING at arch/x86/mm/ioremap.c:129

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Date:	Sun, 02 Mar 2008 21:40:13 +0100
From:	Laurent Riffard <laurent.riffard@...e.fr>
To:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>,
	Gabriel C <nix.or.die@...glemail.com>,
	Fabio Comolli <fabio.comolli@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Stuart Bennett <sb476@....ac.uk>,
	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>, tglx@...utronix.de,
	mingo@...hat.com
Subject: Re: 2.6.25-rc2-mm1: WARNING at arch/x86/mm/ioremap.c:129

Le 02.03.2008 16:53, Fabio Checconi a écrit :
> 
> __ioremap() emits a warning if the pfn after the last one it's going
> to map is of normal ram.  Correct this and emit the warning (once)
> only if one of the asked pages is.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Fabio Checconi <fabio@...dalf.sssup.it>

Tested-by: Laurent Riffard <laurent.riffard@...e.fr>

With this patch, the WARNING at arch/x86/mm/ioremap.c does not occur anymore.

thanks
~~
laurent

> ---
> diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/ioremap.c b/arch/x86/mm/ioremap.c
> index ac3c959..6f7b158 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/mm/ioremap.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/mm/ioremap.c
> @@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ static int ioremap_change_attr(unsigned long vaddr, unsigned long size,
>  static void __iomem *__ioremap(unsigned long phys_addr, unsigned long size,
>  			       enum ioremap_mode mode)
>  {
> -	unsigned long pfn, offset, last_addr, vaddr;
> +	unsigned long pfn, offset, last_addr, vaddr, is_ram = 0;
>  	struct vm_struct *area;
>  	pgprot_t prot;
>  
> @@ -132,9 +132,10 @@ static void __iomem *__ioremap(unsigned long phys_addr, unsigned long size,
>  		if (page_is_ram(pfn) && pfn_valid(pfn) &&
>  		    !PageReserved(pfn_to_page(pfn)))
>  			return NULL;
> +		is_ram |= page_is_ram(pfn);
>  	}
>  
> -	WARN_ON_ONCE(page_is_ram(pfn));
> +	WARN_ON_ONCE(is_ram);
>  
>  	switch (mode) {
>  	case IOR_MODE_UNCACHED:
> 
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