[PATCH v11 06/10] iommu/vt-d: datatypes and functions used for kdump

Li, ZhenHua zhen-hual at hp.com
Wed May 13 01:58:25 PDT 2015


Hi Dave,

iommu->root_entry_old_virt is used to store the mapped old rta.
iommu->root_entry_old_phys is used to store the physical address stored 
in registers.
So we must not free/unmap iommu->root_entry_old_phys .

Zhenhua
On 05/13/2015 04:56 PM, Baoquan He wrote:
>> +
>> +	iommu->root_entry_old_phys = q & VTD_PAGE_MASK;
>> +	if (!iommu->root_entry_old_phys) {
>> +		pr_err("Could not read old root entry address.");
>> +		return -1;
>> +	}
>> +
>
> I didn't find where you call iounmap to free mapping of
> iommu->root_entry_old_phys. Am I missing anything?
>
>> +	iommu->root_entry_old_virt = ioremap_cache(iommu->root_entry_old_phys,
>> +						VTD_PAGE_SIZE);
>> +	if (!iommu->root_entry_old_virt) {
>> +		pr_err("Could not map the old root entry.");
>> +		return -ENOMEM;
>> +	}




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