linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] dmaengine: avoid map_cnt overflow with CONFIG_DMA_ENGINE

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Date:   Mon, 5 Feb 2018 11:09:25 +0530
From:   Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@...el.com>
To:     Zi Yan <zi.yan@...t.com>
Cc:     dmaengine@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Zi Yan <zi.yan@...rutgers.edu>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dmaengine: avoid map_cnt overflow with
 CONFIG_DMA_ENGINE_RAID

On Mon, Jan 08, 2018 at 10:50:50AM -0500, Zi Yan wrote:
> From: Zi Yan <zi.yan@...rutgers.edu>
> 
> When CONFIG_DMA_ENGINE_RAID is enabled, unmap pool size can reach to
> 256. But in struct dmaengine_unmap_data, map_cnt is only u8, wrapping
> to 0, if the unmap pool is maximally used. This triggers BUG() when
> struct dmaengine_unmap_data is freed. Use u16 to fix the problem.

Applied, thanks

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~Vinod