Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 15 Aug 2009 10:46:35 +0200 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] dma-debug: Allow archs to override check_for_illegal_area |
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* David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> wrote:
> 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.
Ok, thanks David!
Ingo
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