[PATCH] powerpc: Fix dma_map_sg() cache flushing on non coherent platforms

Benjamin Herrenschmidt benh at kernel.crashing.org
Mon Dec 1 15:53:40 EST 2008


On PowerPC 4xx or other non cache coherent platforms, we lost the
appropriate cache flushing in dma_map_sg() when merging the 32
and 64-bit DMA code.

Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh at kernel.crashing.org>
---

Oops .. nobody spotted that when Becky patches went in !

Paul: This is a 2.6.28 regression and should be merged asap

 arch/powerpc/kernel/dma.c |    1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

--- linux-work.orig/arch/powerpc/kernel/dma.c	2008-12-01 15:44:55.000000000 +1100
+++ linux-work/arch/powerpc/kernel/dma.c	2008-12-01 15:45:13.000000000 +1100
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ static int dma_direct_map_sg(struct devi
 	for_each_sg(sgl, sg, nents, i) {
 		sg->dma_address = sg_phys(sg) + get_dma_direct_offset(dev);
 		sg->dma_length = sg->length;
+		__dma_sync_page(sg_page(sg), sg->offset, sg->length, direction);
 	}
 
 	return nents;



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