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DateSun, 04 Feb 2007 21:36:15 +0100
FromStefan Richter <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH] Missing critical phys_to_virt in lib/swiotlb.c
David Moore wrote:
[...]
> considering the severity of this one-liner bug, I would like to
> request that this simplified patch make it into 2.6.20, despite how
> close we are to the final cut.

So we were too close. Maybe the -stable team likes to have it in 2.6.20.1.

> It fixes real crashes:> http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-bugs/2006-12/msg02943.html> http://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=28224> http://www.pchdtv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2063&sid=a959a14a4c2db0eebaab7b0df56103ce

and FireWire crashes too.

> --- linux-2.6.19.x86_64/lib/swiotlb.c.orig	2007-02-04 13:18:41.000000000 -0500
> +++ linux-2.6.19.x86_64/lib/swiotlb.c	2007-02-04 13:19:43.000000000 -0500
> @@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ swiotlb_sync_sg(struct device *hwdev, st
> >  	for (i = 0; i < nelems; i++, sg++)
>  		if (sg->dma_address != SG_ENT_PHYS_ADDRESS(sg))
> -			sync_single(hwdev, (void *) sg->dma_address,
> +			sync_single(hwdev, phys_to_virt(sg->dma_address),
>  				    sg->dma_length, dir, target);
>  }
> 
-- 
Stefan Richter
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