linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/5] x86: fix nommu_alloc_coherent allocation with NULL device argument

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Date:	Mon, 8 Sep 2008 14:01:29 +0200
From:	Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@....com>
To:	FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@....ntt.co.jp>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...hat.com,
	tony.luck@...el.com, linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org,
	iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] x86: fix nommu_alloc_coherent allocation with NULL device argument

On Mon, Sep 08, 2008 at 06:10:12PM +0900, FUJITA Tomonori wrote:
> We need to use __GFP_DMA for NULL device argument (fallback_dev) with
> pci-nommu. It's a hack for ISA (and some old code) so we need to use
> GFP_DMA.
> 
> Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@....ntt.co.jp>

Acked-by: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@....com>

> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/pci-nommu.c   |    3 +--
>  include/asm-x86/dma-mapping.h |    2 ++
>  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/pci-nommu.c b/arch/x86/kernel/pci-nommu.c
> index 0f51883..ada1c87 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/pci-nommu.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/pci-nommu.c
> @@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ nommu_alloc_coherent(struct device *hwdev, size_t size,
>  	int node;
>  	struct page *page;
>  
> -	gfp &= ~(__GFP_DMA | __GFP_HIGHMEM | __GFP_DMA32);
>  	gfp |= __GFP_ZERO;
>  
>  	dma_mask = hwdev->coherent_dma_mask;
> @@ -93,7 +92,7 @@ nommu_alloc_coherent(struct device *hwdev, size_t size,
>  	node = dev_to_node(hwdev);
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
> -	if (dma_mask <= DMA_32BIT_MASK)
> +	if (dma_mask <= DMA_32BIT_MASK && !(gfp & GFP_DMA))
>  		gfp |= GFP_DMA32;
>  #endif
>  
> diff --git a/include/asm-x86/dma-mapping.h b/include/asm-x86/dma-mapping.h
> index 39d3641..9d6dcf4 100644
> --- a/include/asm-x86/dma-mapping.h
> +++ b/include/asm-x86/dma-mapping.h
> @@ -248,6 +248,8 @@ dma_alloc_coherent(struct device *dev, size_t size, dma_addr_t *dma_handle,
>  	struct dma_mapping_ops *ops = get_dma_ops(dev);
>  	void *memory;
>  
> +	gfp &= ~(__GFP_DMA | __GFP_HIGHMEM | __GFP_DMA32);
> +
>  	if (dma_alloc_from_coherent(dev, size, dma_handle, &memory))
>  		return memory;
>  
> -- 
> 1.5.5.GIT
> 
> 

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