Replaced pci_alloc_consistent with dma_alloc_coherent from the ioctl path. This is to avoid situations where ioctl fails for lack of memory (when system under heavy stress). Signed-off-by: Sumant Patro <sumant.patro@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas.c | 12 ++++++------ 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff -uprN linux-feb13-new-p3/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas.c linux-feb13-new-p4/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas.c --- linux-feb13-new-p3/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas.c 2007-02-13 11:45:38.000000000 -0800 +++ linux-feb13-new-p4/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas.c 2007-02-14 04:34:31.000000000 -0800 @@ -2738,9 +2738,9 @@ megasas_mgmt_fw_ioctl(struct megasas_ins * For each user buffer, create a mirror buffer and copy in */ for (i = 0; i < ioc->sge_count; i++) { - kbuff_arr[i] = pci_alloc_consistent(instance->pdev, + kbuff_arr[i] = dma_alloc_coherent(&instance->pdev->dev, ioc->sgl[i].iov_len, - &buf_handle); + &buf_handle, GFP_KERNEL); if (!kbuff_arr[i]) { printk(KERN_DEBUG "megasas: Failed to alloc " "kernel SGL buffer for IOCTL \n"); @@ -2767,8 +2767,8 @@ megasas_mgmt_fw_ioctl(struct megasas_ins } if (ioc->sense_len) { - sense = pci_alloc_consistent(instance->pdev, ioc->sense_len, - &sense_handle); + sense = dma_alloc_coherent(&instance->pdev->dev, ioc->sense_len, + &sense_handle, GFP_KERNEL); if (!sense) { error = -ENOMEM; goto out; @@ -2827,12 +2827,12 @@ megasas_mgmt_fw_ioctl(struct megasas_ins out: if (sense) { - pci_free_consistent(instance->pdev, ioc->sense_len, + dma_free_coherent(&instance->pdev->dev, ioc->sense_len, sense, sense_handle); } for (i = 0; i < ioc->sge_count && kbuff_arr[i]; i++) { - pci_free_consistent(instance->pdev, + dma_free_coherent(&instance->pdev->dev, kern_sge32[i].length, kbuff_arr[i], kern_sge32[i].phys_addr); } - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html