In non-coherent DMA mode, kernel uses cache flushing operations to maintain I/O coherency, so the dmapool objects should be aligned to ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN. Otherwise, it will cause data corruption, at least on MIPS: Step 1, dma_map_single Step 2, cache_invalidate (no writeback) Step 3, dma_from_device Step 4, dma_unmap_single If a DMA buffer and a kernel structure share a same cache line, and if the kernel structure has dirty data, cache_invalidate (no writeback) will cause data lost. Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Huacai Chen <chenhc@xxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/dmapool.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/mm/dmapool.c b/mm/dmapool.c index 4d90a64..6263905 100644 --- a/mm/dmapool.c +++ b/mm/dmapool.c @@ -140,6 +140,9 @@ struct dma_pool *dma_pool_create(const char *name, struct device *dev, else if (align & (align - 1)) return NULL; + if (!device_is_coherent(dev)) + align = max_t(size_t, align, dma_get_cache_alignment()); + if (size == 0) return NULL; else if (size < 4) -- 2.7.0 -- 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>
