[merged] iommu-common-do-not-try-to-deref-a-null-iommu-lazy_flush-pointer-when-n-pool-hint.patch removed from -mm tree

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The patch titled
     Subject: lib/iommu-common.c: do not try to deref a null iommu->lazy_flush() pointer when n < pool->hint
has been removed from the -mm tree.  Its filename was
     iommu-common-do-not-try-to-deref-a-null-iommu-lazy_flush-pointer-when-n-pool-hint.patch

This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree

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From: Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: lib/iommu-common.c: do not try to deref a null iommu->lazy_flush() pointer when n < pool->hint

The check for invoking iommu->lazy_flush() from iommu_tbl_range_alloc()
has to be refactored so that we only call ->lazy_flush() if it is
non-null.

I had a sparc kernel that was crashing when I was trying to process
some very large perf.data files- the crash happens when the scsi
driver calls into dma_4v_map_sg and thus the iommu_tbl_range_alloc().

Signed-off-by: Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 lib/iommu-common.c |    6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff -puN lib/iommu-common.c~iommu-common-do-not-try-to-deref-a-null-iommu-lazy_flush-pointer-when-n-pool-hint lib/iommu-common.c
--- a/lib/iommu-common.c~iommu-common-do-not-try-to-deref-a-null-iommu-lazy_flush-pointer-when-n-pool-hint
+++ a/lib/iommu-common.c
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ static	DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned int, iomm
 
 static inline bool need_flush(struct iommu_map_table *iommu)
 {
-	return (iommu->lazy_flush != NULL &&
-		(iommu->flags & IOMMU_NEED_FLUSH) != 0);
+	return ((iommu->flags & IOMMU_NEED_FLUSH) != 0);
 }
 
 static inline void set_flush(struct iommu_map_table *iommu)
@@ -211,7 +210,8 @@ unsigned long iommu_tbl_range_alloc(stru
 			goto bail;
 		}
 	}
-	if (n < pool->hint || need_flush(iommu)) {
+	if (iommu->lazy_flush &&
+	    (n < pool->hint || need_flush(iommu))) {
 		clear_flush(iommu);
 		iommu->lazy_flush(iommu);
 	}
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from sowmini.varadhan@xxxxxxxxxx are


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