Re: [PATCH v3 02/10] swiotlb: Factor out slot allocation and free

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Tue Apr 23 2019 - 02:12:50 EST


On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 09:58:19AM +0800, Lu Baolu wrote:
> 554 for (i = 0; i < nslots; i++)
> 555 io_tlb_orig_addr[index+i] = orig_addr + (i <<
> IO_TLB_SHIFT);
>
> Could the tlb orig address set to PAGE_ALIGN_DOWN(orig_addr)? We
> couldn't assume the bounce buffer just starts from the beginning of the
> slot. Or anything I missed?

I don't see why we need to align the orig_addr. We only use
io_tlb_orig_addr to find the address(es) for the swiotlb_bounce calls,
and I don't see a good reason why we'd need to align those.