Re: b44 driver causes panic when using swiotlb

From: Chuck Ebbert
Date: Tue Feb 15 2011 - 17:07:47 EST


On Mon, 14 Feb 2011 20:59:43 +0900
FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > 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?

The user who reported the bug tried it and says that it works.
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