[PATCH v2] powerpc/powernv/pci-ioda: fix 32-bit TCE table init in kdump kernel

Nishanth Aravamudan nacc at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Fri Sep 4 01:59:44 AEST 2015


On 03.09.2015 [19:58:53 +1000], Michael Ellerman wrote:
> On Wed, 2015-09-02 at 08:39 -0700, Nishanth Aravamudan wrote:
> > On 02.09.2015 [19:00:31 +1000], Alexey Kardashevskiy wrote:
> > > On 09/02/2015 11:11 AM, Nishanth Aravamudan wrote:
> > > >diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/pci-ioda.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/pci-ioda.c
> > > >index 85cbc96eff6c..0d7967e31169 100644
> > > >--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/pci-ioda.c
> > > >+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/pci-ioda.c
> > > >@@ -2077,10 +2077,17 @@ static long pnv_pci_ioda2_setup_default_config(struct pnv_ioda_pe *pe)
> > > >  {
> > > >  	struct iommu_table *tbl = NULL;
> > > >  	long rc;
> > > >+	/*
> > > >+	 * In memory constrained environments, e.g. kdump kernel, the
> > > >+	 * DMA window can be larger than available memory, which will
> > > >+	 * cause errors later.
> > > >+	 */
> > > >+	__u64 window_size =
> > > 
> > > I asked for "const __u64" ;)
> > 
> > I knew I'd forget something!
> 
> Nish! In future please send a reply with the above comment, and then
> the v2 as a separate mail, otherwise I have to manually edit out your
> comment when applying.

Sorry! Will amend my practices in the future.

<snip>

> > Fixes: aca6913f5551 ("powerpc/powernv/ioda2: Introduce helpers to allocate TCE pages")
> 
> That went into 4.2, so should this have a:
> 
> Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org # 4.2

Grr, another mess-up, you're right, it should. Can you amend on your
end? Sorry, I was in too much of a hurry to get the fixlet out.

-Nish



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