linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] kfifo: fix DMA sample driver

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Date:	Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:34:06 -0700
From:	"Ira W. Snyder" <iws@...o.caltech.edu>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Stefani Seibold <stefani@...bold.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] kfifo: fix DMA sample driver

On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 11:32:11AM -0700, Ira W. Snyder wrote:
> The kfifo DMA sample driver is broken. It does not properly initialize
> the scatterlist, and therefore causes a kernel BUG with
> CONFIG_DEBUG_SG=y.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ira W. Snyder <iws@...o.caltech.edu>
> ---

Whoops, forgot to CC Stefani Seibold.

>  samples/kfifo/dma-example.c |    3 +++
>  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/samples/kfifo/dma-example.c b/samples/kfifo/dma-example.c
> index b9482c2..baa5060 100644
> --- a/samples/kfifo/dma-example.c
> +++ b/samples/kfifo/dma-example.c
> @@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ static int __init example_init(void)
>  
>  	printk(KERN_INFO "queue len: %u\n", kfifo_len(&fifo));
>  
> +	/* initialize scatterlist */
> +	sg_init_table(sg, ARRAY_SIZE(sg));
> +
>  	ret = kfifo_dma_in_prepare(&fifo, sg, ARRAY_SIZE(sg), FIFO_SIZE);
>  	printk(KERN_INFO "DMA sgl entries: %d\n", ret);
>  
> -- 
> 1.7.1
> 
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