Re: [PATCH v6 14/20] dma-direct: return struct page from dma_direct_alloc_from_pool()

From: Catalin Marinas

Date: Tue Jun 09 2026 - 09:51:44 EST


On Thu, Jun 04, 2026 at 02:09:53PM +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm) wrote:
> Commit 5b138c534fda ("dma-direct: factor out a dma_direct_alloc_from_pool
> helper") changed dma_direct_alloc_from_pool() to return the CPU address
> from dma_alloc_from_pool(). That fits dma_direct_alloc(), but
> dma_direct_alloc_pages() also uses the helper and expects a struct page *.
>
> Fix this by making dma_direct_alloc_from_pool() return the struct page *
> again, and pass the CPU address back through an out-parameter for the
> dma_direct_alloc() caller.
>
> Fixes: 5b138c534fda ("dma-direct: factor out a dma_direct_alloc_from_pool helper")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Tested-by: Michael Kelley <mhklinux@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Mostafa Saleh <smostafa@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm) <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx>

Nit: remove the empty line after Cc: stable. It may confuse tooling.

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Catalin