Re: [PATCH 1/5] ARM: dma-mapping: Treat bitmap size as allocation failure

From: Marek Szyprowski

Date: Thu Jul 09 2026 - 02:02:47 EST


On 09.07.2026 04:03, Yury Norov wrote:
> bitmap_find_next_zero_area() uses an out-of-range return value to
> indicate failure. Check for values greater than or equal to the bitmap
> size so the caller does not depend on the exact failure sentinel.
>
> Signed-off-by: Yury Norov <ynorov@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/arm/mm/dma-mapping.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/dma-mapping.c b/arch/arm/mm/dma-mapping.c
> index f9bc53b60f99..7761099dde9e 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mm/dma-mapping.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/mm/dma-mapping.c
> @@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ static inline dma_addr_t __alloc_iova(struct dma_iommu_mapping *mapping,
> start = bitmap_find_next_zero_area(mapping->bitmaps[i],
> mapping->bits, 0, count, align);
>
> - if (start > mapping->bits)
> + if (start >= mapping->bits)
> continue;
>
> bitmap_set(mapping->bitmaps[i], start, count);
> @@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ static inline dma_addr_t __alloc_iova(struct dma_iommu_mapping *mapping,
> start = bitmap_find_next_zero_area(mapping->bitmaps[i],
> mapping->bits, 0, count, align);
>
> - if (start > mapping->bits) {
> + if (start >= mapping->bits) {
> spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mapping->lock, flags);
> return DMA_MAPPING_ERROR;
> }

Best regards
--
Marek Szyprowski, PhD
Samsung R&D Institute Poland