linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Mark i2o config broken on 64-bit platforms.

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Date:	Wed, 9 Jul 2008 16:49:29 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:	"Miquel van Smoorenburg" <miquels@...tron.nl>, dhowells@...hat.com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, alan@...hat.com,
	Markus.Lidel@...dowconnect.com, vvs@...ru,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Mark i2o config broken on 64-bit platforms.

On Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:15:14 +0100
David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com> wrote:

> Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels@...tron.nl> wrote:
> Maybe, but have you looked at i2o_cfg_passthru()?  Take this, for example:
> 
> 			/* Allocate memory for the transfer */
> 			p = kmalloc(sg_size, GFP_KERNEL);
> 			...
> 			//TODO 64bit fix
> 			sg[i].addr_bus = virt_to_bus(p);
> 
> That looks distinctly dodgy.  virt_to_bus() returns a 64-bit address, and as

Agreed - stick | GFP_DMA32 on the end then ;)


Alan
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