Re: b44 driver causes panic when using swiotlb

From: FUJITA Tomonori
Date: Mon Feb 14 2011 - 19:40:12 EST


On Mon, 14 Feb 2011 17:41:54 +0100
Arkadiusz Mi$(D+\(Bkiewicz <arekm@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> FUJITA Tomonori wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 1 Feb 2011 22:54:56 +0900
> > FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> On Mon, 31 Jan 2011 10:54:12 -0500
> >> Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> > The b44 driver is triggering this panic in swiotlb_map_page():
> >> >
> >> > if (!dma_capable(dev, dev_addr, size))
> >> > panic("map_single: bounce buffer is not DMA'ble");
> >> >
> >> > The kernel log says the bounce buffers are at 0xdb400000, but b44 can
> >> > only do DMA to the first 1GB of memory:
> >>
> >> Can you try this? b44 has the own bouncing mechanism so if swiotlb
> >> returns an error, the driver can allocate an appropriate buffer.
> >>
> >> diff --git a/lib/swiotlb.c b/lib/swiotlb.c
> >> index c47bbe1..93ca08b 100644
> >> --- a/lib/swiotlb.c
> >> +++ b/lib/swiotlb.c
> >> @@ -686,8 +686,10 @@ dma_addr_t swiotlb_map_page(struct device *dev,
> >> struct page *page,
> >> /*
> >> * Ensure that the address returned is DMA'ble
> >> */
> >> - if (!dma_capable(dev, dev_addr, size))
> >> - panic("map_single: bounce buffer is not DMA'ble");
> >> + if (!dma_capable(dev, dev_addr, size)) {
> >> + swiotlb_tbl_unmap_single(dev, map, size, dir);
> >> + dev_addr = swiotlb_virt_to_bus(dev,
> io_tlb_overflow_buffer);
> >> + }
> >>
> >> return dev_addr;
> >> }
> >
> > Ping, any chance to try this?
>
> Friend machine oopsed on network with b44 on 2.6.37, so we tried this patch
> and network card was detected nicely and was actually usable. The oops

Thanks for the confirmation.

> started to happen after he upgraded memory from 2GB to 4GB in his dell
> vostro 1500 notebook.

Yeah, a system with 2GB memory doesn't use swiotlb so you don't hit
this bug.

Thanks,
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