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Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 12:03:12 +0200
From: "Arend van Spriel" <arend@...adcom.com>
To: "Larry Finger" <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
cc: linville@...driver.com, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
netdev@...r.kernel.org, Stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
"Brett Rudley" <brudley@...adcom.com>,
"Franky (Zhenhui) Lin" <frankyl@...adcom.com>,
"Hante Meuleman" <meuleman@...adcom.com>,
brcm80211-dev-list@...adcom.com,
"Neil Horman" <nhorman@...driver.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] brcmsmac: Fix WARNING caused by lack of calls to
dma_mapping_error()
Hi Larry,
Found it catching dust in a corner of my mailbox ;-)
Regards,
Arend
On 07/02/2013 10:47 AM, Arend van Spriel wrote:
> On 07/01/2013 11:08 PM, Larry Finger wrote:
>> The driver fails to check the results of DMA mapping in twp places,
>> which results
>> in the following warning:
>>
>> [ 28.078515] ------------[ cut here ]------------
>> [ 28.078529] WARNING: at lib/dma-debug.c:937 check_unmap+0x47e/0x930()
>> [ 28.078533] bcma-pci-bridge 0000:0e:00.0: DMA-API: device driver
>> failed to check map error[device address=0x00000000b5d60d6c]
>> [size=1876 bytes] [mapped as
>> single]
>> [ 28.078536] Modules linked in: bnep bluetooth vboxpci(O)
>> vboxnetadp(O) vboxnetflt(O) vboxdrv(O) ipv6 b43 brcmsmac rtl8192cu
>> rtl8192c_common rtlwifi mac802
>> 11 brcmutil cfg80211 snd_hda_codec_conexant rng_core snd_hda_intel
>> kvm_amd snd_hda_codec ssb kvm mmc_core snd_pcm snd_seq snd_timer
>> snd_seq_device snd k8temp
>> cordic joydev serio_raw hwmon sr_mod sg pcmcia pcmcia_core soundcore
>> cdrom i2c_nforce2 i2c_core forcedeth bcma snd_page_alloc autofs4 ext4
>> jbd2 mbcache crc1
>> 6 scsi_dh_alua scsi_dh_hp_sw scsi_dh_rdac scsi_dh_emc scsi_dh
>> ata_generic pata_amd
>> [ 28.078602] CPU: 1 PID: 2570 Comm: NetworkManager Tainted:
>> G O 3.10.0-rc7-wl+ #42
>> [ 28.078605] Hardware name: Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion dv2700
>> Notebook PC/30D6, BIOS F.27 11/27/2008
>> [ 28.078607] 0000000000000009 ffff8800bbb03ad8 ffffffff8144f898
>> ffff8800bbb03b18
>> [ 28.078612] ffffffff8103e1eb 0000000000000002 ffff8800b719f480
>> ffff8800b7b9c010
>> [ 28.078617] ffffffff824204c0 ffffffff81754d57 0000000000000754
>> ffff8800bbb03b78
>> [ 28.078622] Call Trace:
>> [ 28.078624] <IRQ> [<ffffffff8144f898>] dump_stack+0x19/0x1b
>> [ 28.078634] [<ffffffff8103e1eb>] warn_slowpath_common+0x6b/0xa0
>> [ 28.078638] [<ffffffff8103e2c1>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x41/0x50
>> [ 28.078650] [<ffffffff8122d7ae>] check_unmap+0x47e/0x930
>> [ 28.078655] [<ffffffff8122de4c>] debug_dma_unmap_page+0x5c/0x70
>> [ 28.078679] [<ffffffffa04a808c>] dma64_getnextrxp+0x10c/0x190
>> [brcmsmac]
>> [ 28.078691] [<ffffffffa04a9042>] dma_rx+0x62/0x240 [brcmsmac]
>> [ 28.078707] [<ffffffffa0479101>] brcms_c_dpc+0x211/0x9d0 [brcmsmac]
>> [ 28.078717] [<ffffffffa046d927>] ? brcms_dpc+0x27/0xf0 [brcmsmac]
>> [ 28.078731] [<ffffffffa046d947>] brcms_dpc+0x47/0xf0 [brcmsmac]
>> [ 28.078736] [<ffffffff81047dcc>] tasklet_action+0x6c/0xf0
>> --snip--
>> [ 28.078974] [<ffffffff813891bd>] SyS_sendmsg+0xd/0x20
>> [ 28.078979] [<ffffffff81455c24>] tracesys+0xdd/0xe2
>> [ 28.078982] ---[ end trace 6164d1a08148e9c8 ]---
>> [ 28.078984] Mapped at:
>> [ 28.078985] [<ffffffff8122c8fd>] debug_dma_map_page+0x9d/0x150
>> [ 28.078989] [<ffffffffa04a9322>] dma_rxfill+0x102/0x3d0 [brcmsmac]
>> [ 28.079001] [<ffffffffa047a13d>] brcms_c_init+0x87d/0x1100 [brcmsmac]
>> [ 28.079010] [<ffffffffa046d851>] brcms_init+0x21/0x30 [brcmsmac]
>> [ 28.079018] [<ffffffffa04786e0>] brcms_c_up+0x150/0x430 [brcmsmac]
>>
>> As the patch adds a new failure mechanism to dma_rxfill(). When I
>> changed the
>> comment at the start of the routine to add that information, I also
>> polished
>> the wording.
>
> Thanks, Larry
>
> I think there a bugzilla issue for this that you might want to reference:
>
> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60261
>
>> Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
>> Cc: Stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>
>> Cc: Brett Rudley <brudley@...adcom.com>
>> Cc: Arend van Spriel <arend@...adcom.com>
>> Cc: Franky (Zhenhui) Lin <frankyl@...adcom.com>
>> Cc: Hante Meuleman <meuleman@...adcom.com>
>> Cc: brcm80211-dev-list@...adcom.com
>> ---
>>
>> drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/dma.c | 12 ++++++++----
>> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/dma.c
>> b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/dma.c
>> index 1860c57..6260571 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/dma.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/dma.c
>> @@ -1015,9 +1015,10 @@ static bool dma64_txidle(struct dma_info *di)
>>
>> /*
>> * post receive buffers
>> - * return false is refill failed completely and ring is empty this
>> will stall
>> - * the rx dma and user might want to call rxfill again asap. This
>> unlikely
>> - * happens on memory-rich NIC, but often on memory-constrained dongle
>> + * return false is refill failed completely or dma mapping failed.
>> The ring
>
> Missed some polishing opportunity: return false is refill... -> return
> false if refill...
>
>> + * is empty, which will stall the rx dma and user might want to call
>> rxfill
>> + * again asap. This is unlikely to happen on a memory-rich NIC, but
>> often on
>> + * memory-constrained dongle
>> */
>> bool dma_rxfill(struct dma_pub *pub)
>> {
>> @@ -1078,6 +1079,8 @@ bool dma_rxfill(struct dma_pub *pub)
>>
>> pa = dma_map_single(di->dmadev, p->data, di->rxbufsize,
>> DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
>> + if (dma_mapping_error(di->dmadev,pa))
>> + return false;
>>
>> /* save the free packet pointer */
>> di->rxp[rxout] = p;
>> @@ -1284,7 +1287,8 @@ static void dma_txenq(struct dma_info *di,
>> struct sk_buff *p)
>>
>> /* get physical address of buffer start */
>> pa = dma_map_single(di->dmadev, data, len, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
>> -
>> + if(dma_mapping_error(di->dmadev, pa))
>> + return;
>
> I think the caller(s) should be informed or silently free the sk_buff
> here so we are not leaking it.
>
>> /* With a DMA segment list, Descriptor table is filled
>> * using the segment list instead of looping over
>> * buffers in multi-chain DMA. Therefore, EOF for SGLIST
>>
>
> Regards,
> Arend
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