linux-kernel - Re: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH 1/4] lib/scatterlist: Fix offset type in sg_alloc_table_from

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Date:   Mon, 14 Nov 2016 09:55:48 +0000
From:   Chris Wilson <chris@...is-wilson.co.uk>
To:     Tvrtko Ursulin <tursulin@...ulin.net>
Cc:     Intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        Tomasz Stanislawski <t.stanislaws@...sung.com>,
        Pawel Osciak <pawel@...iak.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@...sung.com>,
        Matt Porter <mporter@...nel.crashing.org>,
        linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
        Alexandre Bounine <alexandre.bounine@....com>,
        Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>
Subject: Re: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH 1/4] lib/scatterlist: Fix offset type in
 sg_alloc_table_from_pages

On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 08:50:17AM +0000, Tvrtko Ursulin wrote:
> From: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@...el.com>
> 
> Scatterlist entries have an unsigned int for the offset so
> correct the sg_alloc_table_from_pages function accordingly.
> 
> Since these are offsets withing a page, unsigned int is
> wide enough.
> 
> Also converts callers which were using unsigned long locally
> with the lower_32_bits annotation to make it explicitly
> clear what is happening.
> 
> v2: Use offset_in_page. (Chris Wilson)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@...el.com>
> Cc: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
> Cc: Pawel Osciak <pawel@...iak.com>
> Cc: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>
> Cc: Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@...sung.com>
> Cc: Tomasz Stanislawski <t.stanislaws@...sung.com>
> Cc: Matt Porter <mporter@...nel.crashing.org>
> Cc: Alexandre Bounine <alexandre.bounine@....com>
> Cc: linux-media@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> Acked-by: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com> (v1)

If there were kerneldoc, it would nicely explain that having an offset
larger then a page is silly when passing in array of pages.

Changes elsewhere look ok (personally I'd be happy with just
offset_in_page(), 4GiB superpages are somebody else's problem :)

Reviewed-by: Chris Wilson <chris@...is-wilson.co.uk>
-Chris

-- 
Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre