linux-kernel - Re: For the problem when using swiotlb

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Message-ID: <20141121103213.GB19783@e104818-lin.cambridge.arm.com>
Date:	Fri, 21 Nov 2014 10:32:14 +0000
From:	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	Will Deacon <Will.Deacon@....com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	Ding Tianhong <dingtianhong@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: For the problem when using swiotlb

On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 09:35:10AM +0000, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> @@ -88,11 +89,24 @@ static inline int dma_set_mask(struct device *dev, u64 mask)
>  {
>  	if (!dev->dma_mask || !dma_supported(dev, mask))
>  		return -EIO;
> +	/* if asking for bigger dma mask, limit it to the bus dma ranges */
> +	if (mask > *dev->dma_mask)
> +		mask &= of_dma_get_range_mask(dev);
>  	*dev->dma_mask = mask;
>  
>  	return 0;
>  }

I wonder whether mask &= of_dma_get_range_mask(dev) limiting should
actually be done before actually checking dma_supported(). That's
because a device may try to set a 64-bit mask but being connected to a
more limiting bus, we should check the dma_supported() on the resulting
mask.

-- 
Catalin
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