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SubjectRe: dmapool regression in next
Hi all,

On Thu, 6 Dec 2018 08:33:15 -0800 Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com> wrote:
>
> * Tony Battersby <tonyb@cybernetics.com> [181206 16:13]:
> > On 12/6/18 10:51 AM, Robin Murphy wrote:
> > >> Here is the prototype:
> > >>
> > >> void dma_pool_free(struct dma_pool *pool, void *vaddr, dma_addr_t dma);
> > >>
> > >> With the old code, the 'dma' value had to be correct for use with
> > >> pool_find_page(), or else you would get an error.  If the 'vaddr' value
> > >> was incorrect, it would corrupt the dmapool freelist, but you wouldn't
> > >> get an error unless DMAPOOL_DEBUG was enabled.
> > >>
> > >> With my patch applied, 'vaddr' has to be correct for virt_to_page().  My
> > >> code also checks that 'dma' is consistent with 'vaddr' even if
> > >> DMAPOOL_DEBUG is disabled, since the check is fast and it will prevent
> > >> problems like this in the future.
> > > Unfortunately that logic has a fatal flaw - DMA pools are backed by
> > > dma_alloc_coherent(), and there is absolutely no guarantee that the
> > > memory dma_alloc_coherent() returns is backed by a struct page at all.
> > > Even if it is, there is still absolutely no guarantee that the vaddr
> > > value it returns is valid for virt_to_page() - on many systems it will
> > > be in vmalloc or some architecture-specific region of address space.
> > >
> > > The problem is not that these drivers are buggy (they're not - the arch
> > > code is returning a vmalloc()ed non-cacheable remap in the first place),
> > > it's that 26abe88e830d is fundamentally unworkable and needs reverting.
> > > Apparently the original patches managed not to catch my eye as something
> > > I needed to review, sorry about that :(
> > >
> > > Robin.
> > >
> > Thanks for the info; the inner workings of the vm system are a bit out
> > of my area of expertise.  My first version of the patch series used a
> > different method that didn't rely on virt_to_page(); I will go back to
> > that version, clean it up, and resubmit when I have time.
> >
> > Andrew, please revert all 9 patches.  I will resubmit the set when I
> > have a workable solution.
>
> OK sounds good to me. I can test the new set easily when available
> if you Cc me on them.

I have removed those patches from linux-next for today.

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Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell
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