Re: [PATCH 1/7] core, dma-direct: add a flag 32-bit dma limits

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Fri May 25 2018 - 10:50:51 EST


On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 04:35:06PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Various PCI bridges (VIA PCI, Xilinx PCIe) limit DMA to only 32-bits
> even if the device itself supports more. Add a single bit flag to
> struct device (to be moved into the dma extension once we around it)

"once we around it"? I don't understand, sorry.

> to flag such devices and reject larger DMA to them.
>
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
> ---
> include/linux/device.h | 3 +++
> lib/dma-direct.c | 6 ++++++
> 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)

For the patch, no objection from me:

Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>