The Documentation/DMA-API-HOWTO.txt states that the dma_map_sg() function
returns the number of the created entries in the DMA address space.
However the subsequent calls to the dma_sync_sg_for_{device,cpu}() and
dma_unmap_sg must be called with the original number of the entries
passed to the dma_map_sg().
struct sg_table is a common structure used for describing a non-contiguous
memory buffer, used commonly in the DRM and graphics subsystems. It
consists of a scatterlist with memory pages and DMA addresses (sgl entry),
as well as the number of scatterlist entries: CPU pages (orig_nents entry)
and DMA mapped pages (nents entry).
It turned out that it was a common mistake to misuse nents and orig_nents
entries, calling DMA-mapping functions with a wrong number of entries or
ignoring the number of mapped entries returned by the dma_map_sg()
function.
To avoid such issues, lets use a common dma-mapping wrappers operating
directly on the struct sg_table objects and use scatterlist page
iterators where possible. This, almost always, hides references to the
nents and orig_nents entries, making the code robust, easier to follow
and copy/paste safe.
Signed-off-by: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
For more information, see '[PATCH v4 00/38] DRM: fix struct sg_table nents
vs. orig_nents misuse' thread:
https://lore.kernel.org/dri-devel/20200512085710.14688-1-m.szyprowski@xxxxxxxxxxx/T/
---
drivers/staging/media/tegra-vde/iommu.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/tegra-vde/iommu.c b/drivers/staging/media/tegra-vde/iommu.c
index 6af863d..adf8dc7 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/tegra-vde/iommu.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/tegra-vde/iommu.c
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ int tegra_vde_iommu_map(struct tegra_vde *vde,
addr = iova_dma_addr(&vde->iova, iova);
- size = iommu_map_sg(vde->domain, addr, sgt->sgl, sgt->nents,
- IOMMU_READ | IOMMU_WRITE);
+ size = iommu_map_sgtable(vde->domain, addr, sgt,
+ IOMMU_READ | IOMMU_WRITE);
if (!size) {
__free_iova(&vde->iova, iova);
return -ENXIO;
--
1.9.1
