linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: amd_iommu: fix nasty bug that caused ILLEGAL_DEVICE_TABLE_ENTRY errors

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Message-ID: <20081016145956.GA29705@8bytes.org>
Date:	Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:59:56 +0200
From:	Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>
To:	Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@....com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: amd_iommu: fix nasty bug that caused ILLEGAL_DEVICE_TABLE_ENTRY errors

Argh. Very stupid bug. This explains why it worked on my system with 1G
RAM and failed on some others with more. Thanks for the fix. I also CC
stable@...nel.org.

On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 04:27:36PM +0200, Andreas Herrmann wrote:
> We are on 64-bit so better use u64 instead of u32 to deal with
> addresses:
> 
> static void __init iommu_set_device_table(struct amd_iommu *iommu)
> {
>         u64 entry;
>   ...
>         entry = virt_to_phys(amd_iommu_dev_table);
>   ...
> 
> (I am wondering why gcc 4.2.x did not warn about the assignment
> between u32 and unsigned long.)
> 
> Cc: iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org
> Cc: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@....com>
> Signed-off-by: Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@....com>

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

> 
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/amd_iommu_init.c |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> Patch is against today's tip/x86/amd-iommu
> Joerg is on vacation. That is why I post this patch
> directly to you.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Andreas
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/amd_iommu_init.c b/arch/x86/kernel/amd_iommu_init.c
> index a69cc0f..bccd0ef 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/amd_iommu_init.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/amd_iommu_init.c
> @@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ static void __init iommu_set_exclusion_range(struct amd_iommu *iommu)
>  /* Programs the physical address of the device table into the IOMMU hardware */
>  static void __init iommu_set_device_table(struct amd_iommu *iommu)
>  {
> -	u32 entry;
> +	u64 entry;
>  
>  	BUG_ON(iommu->mmio_base == NULL);
>  
> -- 
> 1.6.0.2
> 
> 
> 
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