linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arm64: Fix swiotlb fallback allocation

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Date:   Wed, 18 Jan 2017 11:25:07 +0000
From:   Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
To:     Alexander Graf <agraf@...e.de>
Cc:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@...vell.com>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
        Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm64: Fix swiotlb fallback allocation

On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 12:46:33PM +0100, Alexander Graf wrote:
> Commit b67a8b29df introduced logic to skip swiotlb allocation when all memory
> is DMA accessible anyway.
> 
> While this is a great idea, __dma_alloc still calls swiotlb code unconditionally
> to allocate memory when there is no CMA memory available. The swiotlb code is
> called to ensure that we at least try get_free_pages().
> 
> Without initialization, swiotlb allocation code tries to access io_tlb_list
> which is NULL. That results in a stack trace like this:
> 
>   Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000
>   [...]
>   [<ffff00000845b908>] swiotlb_tbl_map_single+0xd0/0x2b0
>   [<ffff00000845be94>] swiotlb_alloc_coherent+0x10c/0x198
>   [<ffff000008099dc0>] __dma_alloc+0x68/0x1a8
>   [<ffff000000a1b410>] drm_gem_cma_create+0x98/0x108 [drm]
>   [<ffff000000abcaac>] drm_fbdev_cma_create_with_funcs+0xbc/0x368 [drm_kms_helper]
>   [<ffff000000abcd84>] drm_fbdev_cma_create+0x2c/0x40 [drm_kms_helper]
>   [<ffff000000abc040>] drm_fb_helper_initial_config+0x238/0x410 [drm_kms_helper]
>   [<ffff000000abce88>] drm_fbdev_cma_init_with_funcs+0x98/0x160 [drm_kms_helper]
>   [<ffff000000abcf90>] drm_fbdev_cma_init+0x40/0x58 [drm_kms_helper]
>   [<ffff000000b47980>] vc4_kms_load+0x90/0xf0 [vc4]
>   [<ffff000000b46a94>] vc4_drm_bind+0xec/0x168 [vc4]
>   [...]
> 
> Thankfully swiotlb code just learned how to not do allocations with the FORCE_NO
> option. This patch configures the swiotlb code to use that if we decide not to
> initialize the swiotlb framework.
> 
> Fixes: b67a8b29df ("arm64: mm: only initialize swiotlb when necessary")
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Graf <agraf@...e.de>
> CC: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
> CC: Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@...vell.com>
> CC: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
> CC: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>

Queued for 4.10. Thanks.

-- 
Catalin