In sd_revalidate_disk(), the SCSI Disk driver needs a few bytes DMA memory, allocated by kmalloc() and __GFP_DMA. This patch uses __GFP_DMA only if the corresponding host structure has unchecked_isa_dma set. Signed-off-by: Bernhard Walle <bwalle@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/sd.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) Index: linux-2.6.21-rc4/drivers/scsi/sd.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.21-rc4.orig/drivers/scsi/sd.c +++ linux-2.6.21-rc4/drivers/scsi/sd.c @@ -1553,7 +1553,8 @@ static int sd_revalidate_disk(struct gen if (!scsi_device_online(sdp)) goto out; - buffer = kmalloc(SD_BUF_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_DMA); + buffer = kmalloc(SD_BUF_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL | + (sdp->host->unchecked_isa_dma ? __GFP_DMA : 0)); if (!buffer) { printk(KERN_WARNING "(sd_revalidate_disk:) Memory allocation " "failure.\n"); - 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