On Sat, Nov 30, 2019 at 05:50:55PM +0100, Fredrik Noring wrote:
> Fix commit 7b81cb6bddd2 ("usb: add a HCD_DMA flag instead of
> guestimating DMA capabilities") where local memory USB drivers
> erroneously allocate DMA memory instead of pool memory, causing
>
> OHCI Unrecoverable Error, disabled
> HC died; cleaning up
>
> The order between hcd_uses_dma() and hcd->localmem_pool is now
> arranged as in hcd_buffer_alloc() and hcd_buffer_free(), with the
> test for hcd->localmem_pool placed first.
>
> As an alternative, one might consider adjusting hcd_uses_dma() with
>
> static inline bool hcd_uses_dma(struct usb_hcd *hcd)
> {
> - return IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HAS_DMA) && (hcd->driver->flags & HCD_DMA);
> + return IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HAS_DMA) &&
> + (hcd->driver->flags & HCD_DMA) &&
> + (hcd->localmem_pool == NULL);
> }
>
> One can also consider unsetting HCD_DMA for local memory pool drivers.
That seems like a good idea to me, as the "local DMA pool" really isn't
DMA in the traditional sense. The host has to copy data into it by MMIO,
and it then is accessed by the device.
But if the usb maintainers prefer your current variant that is ok with
me as well:
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
