> >> if (unlikely(!ring_header->desc)) {
> >> - dev_err(&pdev->dev, "pci_alloc_consistend failed\n");
> >> + dev_err(&pdev->dev, "could not get memory for DMA buffer\n");
> >> goto err_nomem;
> >> }
> >> memset(ring_header->desc, 0, ring_header->size);
> >>
> >>
> >
> > So this memset() will really require a different patch to get removed ?
> >
> > Sigh, not sure why I review patches.
>
> Agreed, please use dma_zalloc_coherent() and kill that memset().
Ok, updated. I'll also add cc: stable, because it makes notebooks with
affected chipset unusable.
Pavel
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