Re: [PATCH,resend] Fix strange panic message selection logic whenswiotlb fills up

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Thu Aug 20 2009 - 19:25:32 EST


On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:52:28 -0400
Casey Dahlin <cdahlin@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> swiotlb_full in lib/swiotlb.c throws one of two panic messages based on whether
> the direction of transfer is from the device or to the device. The logic around
> this is somewhat weird in the case of bidirectional transfers. It appears to
> want to throw both in succession, but since its a panic only the first makes it.
>
> This patch adds a third, separate error for DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL to make things a
> bit clearer.
>
> Signed-off-by: Casey Dahlin <cdahlin@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> ---
> lib/swiotlb.c | 15 +++++++++------
> 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/lib/swiotlb.c b/lib/swiotlb.c
> index bffe6d7..35e01b3 100644
> --- a/lib/swiotlb.c
> +++ b/lib/swiotlb.c
> @@ -625,12 +625,15 @@ swiotlb_full(struct device *dev, size_t size, int dir, int do_panic)
> printk(KERN_ERR "DMA: Out of SW-IOMMU space for %zu bytes at "
> "device %s\n", size, dev ? dev_name(dev) : "?");
>
> - if (size > io_tlb_overflow && do_panic) {
> - if (dir == DMA_FROM_DEVICE || dir == DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL)
> - panic("DMA: Memory would be corrupted\n");
> - if (dir == DMA_TO_DEVICE || dir == DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL)
> - panic("DMA: Random memory would be DMAed\n");
> - }
> + if (size <= io_tlb_overflow || !do_panic)
> + return;
> +
> + if (dir == DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL)
> + panic("DMA: Random memory could be corrupted or DMAed\n");
> + if (dir == DMA_FROM_DEVICE)
> + panic("DMA: Memory would be corrupted\n");
> + if (dir == DMA_TO_DEVICE)
> + panic("DMA: Random memory would be DMAed\n");
> }
>

Seems sane to me.

While we're there, how about we make the final message less ambiguous?

--- a/lib/swiotlb.c~lib-swiotlbc-fix-strange-panic-message-selection-logic-when-swiotlb-fills-up-fix
+++ a/lib/swiotlb.c
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ swiotlb_full(struct device *dev, size_t
if (dir == DMA_FROM_DEVICE)
panic("DMA: Memory would be corrupted\n");
if (dir == DMA_TO_DEVICE)
- panic("DMA: Random memory would be DMAed\n");
+ panic("DMA: Random memory would be DMAed from\n");
}

/*
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