[PATCH v2] powerpc/powernv/pci-ioda: fix 32-bit TCE table init in kdump kernel
Michael Ellerman
mpe at ellerman.id.au
Fri Sep 4 19:57:15 AEST 2015
On Thu, 2015-09-03 at 08:59 -0700, Nishanth Aravamudan wrote:
> 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.
Thanks.
I concede none of this is documented anywhere, maybe one day I'll have the time
to do that :)
> > > 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.
That's OK, I'll fix it up.
cheers
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