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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/2] scsi: Use new __dma_buffer to align sense buffer in scsi_cmnd
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    On Fri, 2007-12-21 at 06:16 -0700, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
    > On Fri, Dec 21, 2007 at 10:33:26AM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
    > > On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 13:30:08 +1100
    > > Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> wrote:
    > >
    > > > The sense buffer ins scsi_cmnd can nowadays be DMA'ed into directly
    > > > by some low level drivers (that typically happens with USB mass
    > > > storage).
    > >
    > > Should that not be fixed in USB storage by using pci_alloc_coherent on the
    > > PCI device of the hub not peeing directly into kernel space ?
    >
    > That's what I said, but Ben seems fixated on this particular fix.

    That means more understanding of the SCSI code than I have right now
    and a _lot_ more time than I have right now. It's not only USB storage,
    it's anything that does DMA and uses the generic error handling.

    Ben.




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