linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] IA64: fix VT-d dma_mapping

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Date:	Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:10:05 -0800
From:	"Yu, Fenghua" <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
To:	'FUJITA Tomonori' <fujita.tomonori@....ntt.co.jp>
CC:	"Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	"'dwmw2@...radead.org'" <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	"'linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org'" <linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org>,
	"'linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org'" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"'mingo@...e.hu'" <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] IA64: fix VT-d dma_mapping_error

>Hmm, intel_dma_mapping_error is used to test only the value that
>intel_map_single() returns. If intel_map_single() returns a non-zero
>dma address, it belongs to hwdev's domain. So intel_dma_mapping_error
>can simply return 1 (failure) if the dma_addr is zero.

Then there is no usage of hwdev which is one of two parameters in intel_dma_mapping_error?

Maybe checking dma_addr only is good enough for the function? At least it's fast to check errors.

Thanks.

-Fenghua
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