Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:02:59 -0700 (PDT) | Subject | Re: [PATCH] dma-debug: Allow archs to override check_for_illegal_area | From | David Miller <> |
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From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:54:40 +0200
> > * Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@amd.com> wrote: > >> For some architectures (like sparc32) the default >> check_for_illegal_area function does not work reliable. This patch >> makes this function a weak symbol allowing architectures to >> override it if necessary. >> >> Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@amd.com> >> --- >> lib/dma-debug.c | 9 ++++++--- >> 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > Dave, you indicated that sparc32 would address this problem > differently. Do we still need this patch (for .31 for example)?
Don't worry about this purely for sparc32's sake.
We can revisit this patch if I can't sort out the sparc32 issue locally.
Thanks.
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