Re: [PATCH] dma-debug: Allow archs to overridecheck_for_illegal_area

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Wed Aug 12 2009 - 04:55:29 EST



* Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> For some architectures (like sparc32) the default
> check_for_illegal_area function does not work reliable. This patch
> makes this function a weak symbol allowing architectures to
> override it if necessary.
>
> Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> lib/dma-debug.c | 9 ++++++---
> 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Dave, you indicated that sparc32 would address this problem
differently. Do we still need this patch (for .31 for example)?

Ingo
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