Hi Vignesh,
On Thu, 31 Mar 2016 10:26:59 +0530
Vignesh R <vigneshr@xxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 03/30/2016 09:09 PM, Boris BREZILLON wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > +int sg_alloc_table_from_buf(struct sg_table *sgt, const void *buf, size_t len,
> > + const struct sg_constraints *constraints,
> > + gfp_t gfp_mask)
> > +{
> > + struct sg_constraints cons = { };
> > + size_t remaining, chunk_len;
> > + const void *sg_buf;
> > + int i, ret;
> > +
> > + if (constraints)
> > + cons = *constraints;
> > +
> > + ret = sg_check_constraints(&cons, buf, len);
> > + if (ret)
> > + return ret;
> > +
> > + sg_buf = buf;
> > + remaining = len;
> > + i = 0;
> > + sg_for_each_chunk_in_buf(sg_buf, remaining, chunk_len, &cons)
> > + i++;
> > +
> > + ret = sg_alloc_table(sgt, i, gfp_mask);
> > + if (ret)
> > + return ret;
> > +
> > + sg_buf = buf;
> > + remaining = len;
> > + i = 0;
> > + sg_for_each_chunk_in_buf(sg_buf, remaining, chunk_len, &cons) {
> > + if (is_vmalloc_addr(sg_buf)) {
> > + struct page *vm_page;
> > +
> > + vm_page = vmalloc_to_page(sg_buf);
> > + if (!vm_page) {
> > + ret = -ENOMEM;
> > + goto err_free_table;
> > + }
> > +
> > + sg_set_page(&sgt->sgl[i], vm_page, chunk_len,
> > + offset_in_page(sg_buf));
> > + } else {
> > + sg_set_buf(&sgt->sgl[i], sg_buf, chunk_len);
> > + }
> > +
>
> If the buf address is in PKMAP_BASE - PAGE_OFFSET-1 region (I have
> observed that JFFS2 FS provides buffers in above region to MTD layer),
> if CONFIG_DEBUG_SG is set then sg_set_buf() will throw a BUG_ON() as
> virt_addr_is_valid() will return false. Is there a sane way to handle
> buffers of PKMAP_BASE region with sg_* APIs?
> Or, is the function sg_alloc_table_from_buf() not to be used with such
> buffers?
It should be usable with kmapped buffers too: I'll provide a new version
to support that.
That makes me realize I'm not checking the virtual address consistency
in sg_check_constraints().
Thanks,
Boris
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Boris Brezillon, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
http://free-electrons.com
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