Re: [PATCH] arm64: Use and error-check DMA_ERROR_CODE

From: Will Deacon
Date: Wed Oct 01 2014 - 06:13:55 EST


Hi Sean,

On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 09:15:21PM +0100, Sean Paul wrote:
> This patch replaces the static assignment of ~0 to dma_handle with
> DMA_ERROR_CODE to be consistent with other platforms.
>
> In addition to that, it also adds a check for DMA_ERROR_CODE before
> calling __dma_free_coherent with an invalid dma_handle.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Paul <seanpaul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/arm64/mm/dma-mapping.c | 6 ++++--
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/dma-mapping.c b/arch/arm64/mm/dma-mapping.c
> index 4164c5a..69fd2c4 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/mm/dma-mapping.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/dma-mapping.c
> @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ static void *__dma_alloc_noncoherent(struct device *dev, size_t size,
> no_map:
> __dma_free_coherent(dev, size, ptr, *dma_handle, attrs);
> no_mem:
> - *dma_handle = ~0;
> + *dma_handle = DMA_ERROR_CODE;
> return NULL;
> }
>
> @@ -136,7 +136,9 @@ static void __dma_free_noncoherent(struct device *dev, size_t size,
> void *swiotlb_addr = phys_to_virt(dma_to_phys(dev, dma_handle));
>
> vunmap(vaddr);
> - __dma_free_coherent(dev, size, swiotlb_addr, dma_handle, attrs);
> +
> + if (dma_handle != DMA_ERROR_CODE)
> + __dma_free_coherent(dev, size, swiotlb_addr, dma_handle, attrs);

Is it legal to try and free a DMA buffer after a failed allocation? If so, I
think we need something similar for arch/arm/.

Will
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