linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] drivers: cma: fix addressing on PAE machines

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Date:	Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:33:52 +0000
From:	"Andrianov, Vitaly" <vitalya@...com>
To:	Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@...a86.com>,
	"m.szyprowski@...sung.com" <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>,
	"kyungmin.park@...sung.com" <kyungmin.park@...sung.com>,
	"arnd@...db.de" <arnd@...db.de>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-keystone@...t.ti.com - Linux developers for Keystone family of
	devices (May contain non-TIers)" <linux-keystone@...t.ti.com>
CC:	"Chemparathy, Cyril" <cyril@...com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] drivers: cma: fix addressing on PAE machines



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michal Nazarewicz [mailto:mpn@...gle.com] On Behalf Of Michal
> Nazarewicz
> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2012 10:01 AM
> To: Andrianov, Vitaly; m.szyprowski@...sung.com;
> kyungmin.park@...sung.com; arnd@...db.de; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org;
> linux-keystone@...t.ti.com - Linux developers for Keystone family of
> devices (May contain non-TIers)
> Cc: Andrianov, Vitaly; Chemparathy, Cyril
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers: cma: fix addressing on PAE machines
> 
> 
> On Fri, Nov 30 2012, Vitaly Andrianov <vitalya@...com> wrote:
> > This patch fixes a couple of bugs that otherwise impair CMA
> > functionality on PAE machines:
> >
> >   - alignment must be a 64-bit type when running on systems with 64-
> bit
> >     physical addresses.  If this is not the case, the limit
> calculation thunks
> >     allocations down to an address range < 4G.
> >
> >   - The allocated range check is removed. On 32bit ARM kernel with
> LPAE
> >     enabled the base may be allocated outside the fist 4GB of
> physical
> >     memory (keystone SoC for example).
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Vitaly Andrianov <vitalya@...com>
> > Signed-off-by: Cyril Chemparathy <cyril@...com>
> 
> To be consistent, you should also change the type in:
> 
> static long size_cmdline = -1;
> static const unsigned long size_bytes = CMA_SIZE_MBYTES * SZ_1M; static
> unsigned long __init __maybe_unused cma_early_percent_memory(void)
> 
> and in
> 
> void __init dma_contiguous_reserve(phys_addr_t limit)
> 

Can you elaborate why we need to change type for size? 

> > ---
> >  drivers/base/dma-contiguous.c |    6 +-----
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/base/dma-contiguous.c
> > b/drivers/base/dma-contiguous.c index 9a14694..7936b2e 100644
> > --- a/drivers/base/dma-contiguous.c
> > +++ b/drivers/base/dma-contiguous.c
> > @@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ int __init dma_declare_contiguous(struct device
> *dev, unsigned long size,
> >  				  phys_addr_t base, phys_addr_t limit)  {
> >  	struct cma_reserved *r = &cma_reserved[cma_reserved_count];
> > -	unsigned long alignment;
> > +	phys_addr_t alignment;
> >
> >  	pr_debug("%s(size %lx, base %08lx, limit %08lx)\n", __func__,
> >  		 (unsigned long)size, (unsigned long)base, @@ -271,10 +271,6
> @@ int
> > __init dma_declare_contiguous(struct device *dev, unsigned long size,
> >  		if (!addr) {
> >  			base = -ENOMEM;
> >  			goto err;
> > -		} else if (addr + size > ~(unsigned long)0) {
> > -			memblock_free(addr, size);
> > -			base = -EINVAL;
> > -			goto err;
> >  		} else {
> >  			base = addr;
> >  		}
> > --
> > 1.7.9.5
> >
> 
> --
> Best regards,                                         _     _
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> ..o | Computer Science,  Michał “mina86” Nazarewicz    (o o)
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Thanks,
Vitaly