Oops. You should read "Make *sure* ...".
On Mon, 17 Sep 2018 15:36:52 +0200
Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> As documented in spi-mem.h, spi_mem_op->data.buf.{in,out} must be
> DMA-able, and commit 4120f8d158ef ("mtd: spi-nor: Use the spi_mem_xx()
> API") failed to follow this rule as buffers passed to
> ->{read,write}_reg() are usually placed on the stack.
>
> Fix that by allocating a scratch buffer and copying the data in there
> before passing it to the spi-mem layer.
>
> Fixes: 4120f8d158ef ("mtd: spi-nor: Use the spi_mem_xx() API")
> Reported-by: Jarkko Nikula <jarkko.nikula@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Note that the ->{read,write}() path is still buggy since nothing
> guarantees that buffers passed by the MTD layer to the SPI NOR layer
> are DMA-able, but this is a long-standing issue which we'll have to
> address at the spi-nor level (this layer can choose the bounce buffer
> size based on nor->page_size).
> ---
> drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++---
> 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c b/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c
> index cbfafc453274..3b7fafa4bbd6 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c
> @@ -39,14 +39,22 @@ static int m25p80_read_reg(struct spi_nor *nor, u8 code, u8 *val, int len)
> struct spi_mem_op op = SPI_MEM_OP(SPI_MEM_OP_CMD(code, 1),
> SPI_MEM_OP_NO_ADDR,
> SPI_MEM_OP_NO_DUMMY,
> - SPI_MEM_OP_DATA_IN(len, val, 1));
> + SPI_MEM_OP_DATA_IN(len, NULL, 1));
> + void *scratchbuf;
> int ret;
>
> + scratchbuf = kmemdup(val, len, GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (!scratchbuf)
> + return -ENOMEM;
> +
> + op.data.buf.in = scratchbuf;
> ret = spi_mem_exec_op(flash->spimem, &op);
> if (ret < 0)
> dev_err(&flash->spimem->spi->dev, "error %d reading %x\n", ret,
> code);
>
> + kfree(scratchbuf);
> +
> return ret;
> }
>
> @@ -56,9 +64,19 @@ static int m25p80_write_reg(struct spi_nor *nor, u8 opcode, u8 *buf, int len)
> struct spi_mem_op op = SPI_MEM_OP(SPI_MEM_OP_CMD(opcode, 1),
> SPI_MEM_OP_NO_ADDR,
> SPI_MEM_OP_NO_DUMMY,
> - SPI_MEM_OP_DATA_OUT(len, buf, 1));
> + SPI_MEM_OP_DATA_OUT(len, NULL, 1));
> + void *scratchbuf;
> + int ret;
>
> - return spi_mem_exec_op(flash->spimem, &op);
> + scratchbuf = kmemdup(buf, len, GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (!scratchbuf)
> + return -ENOMEM;
> +
> + op.data.buf.out = scratchbuf;
> + ret = spi_mem_exec_op(flash->spimem, &op);
> + kfree(scratchbuf);
> +
> + return ret;
> }
>
> static ssize_t m25p80_write(struct spi_nor *nor, loff_t to, size_t len,
