Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Fri, 30 Jan 2015 14:07:47 -0800 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] pci-dma: Fix x86 dma_alloc_coherent to fully clear all pages returned |
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On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 02:01:58PM -0800, Tim Chen wrote: > On Fri, 2015-01-30 at 11:58 -0800, Greg KH wrote: > > > > > Shouldn't this go to stable trees too? > > > > Yes. Added the stable tag in updated patch that's resent. > > > Also, why is the xhci driver not asking for the memory it is going to > > need? If it wants to use the full page, shouldn't it ask for it? > > > > I agree that xhci should have done that, but it didn't. Commit > d92ef66c4f8f ("x86: make dma_alloc_coherent() return zeroed memory > if CMA is enabled") changed the behavior of dma_alloc_coherent > by clearing only the memory being asked for. > > So for backward compatibility, clearing the pages > completely to revert to dma_alloc_coherent's original > behavior is probably the safe thing to do.
We don't "need" any backward compatility, why not fix the broken drivers that are using memory outside of what they are asking for? That's not ok no matter what, right?
thanks,
greg k-h
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