Hi Andrew, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Wed, 11 Nov 2015 15:06:24 +0200 Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> find_vm_area() is needed in implementing the DMA mapping API as a module. >> Device specific IOMMUs with associated DMA mapping implementations should be >> buildable as modules. >> >> ... >> >> --- a/mm/vmalloc.c >> +++ b/mm/vmalloc.c >> @@ -1416,6 +1416,7 @@ struct vm_struct *find_vm_area(const void *addr) >> >> return NULL; >> } >> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(find_vm_area); > > Confused. Who is setting CONFIG_HAS_DMA=m? > Apologies for the late reply --- CONFIG_HAS_DMA isn't configured as a module, but some devices are not DMA coherent even on x86. The existing x86 DMA mapping implementation doesn't quite work for those at the moment, and nothing prevents using another one (and as a module, in which case this patch is required). -- Kind regards, Sakari Ailus sakari.ailus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>