[PATCHv6 2/2] ARM: dma-mapping: remove custom consistent dma region

[Marek Szyprowski]

Hi Hiroshi,

On Tuesday, August 21, 2012 2:15 PM Hiroshi Doyu wrote:

> Hiroshi Doyu <hdoyu at nvidia.com> wrote @ Tue, 21 Aug 2012 13:22:35 +0200:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Mon, 30 Jul 2012 10:28:19 +0200
> > Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski at samsung.com> wrote:
> >
> > > This patch changes dma-mapping subsystem to use generic vmalloc areas
> > > for all consistent dma allocations. This increases the total size limit
> > > of the consistent allocations and removes platform hacks and a lot of
> > > duplicated code.
> > >
> > > Atomic allocations are served from special pool preallocated on boot,
> > > because vmalloc areas cannot be reliably created in atomic context.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski at samsung.com>
> > > Reviewed-by: Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park at samsung.com>
> > > ---
> > >  Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt |    2 +-
> > >  arch/arm/include/asm/dma-mapping.h  |    2 +-
> > >  arch/arm/mm/dma-mapping.c           |  486 ++++++++++++-----------------------
> > >  arch/arm/mm/mm.h                    |    3 +
> > >  include/linux/vmalloc.h             |    1 +
> > >  mm/vmalloc.c                        |   10 +-
> > >  6 files changed, 181 insertions(+), 323 deletions(-)
> > >
> > ...
> > > @@ -1117,61 +984,32 @@ static int __iommu_free_buffer(struct device *dev, struct page
> **pages, size_t s
> > >   * Create a CPU mapping for a specified pages
> > >   */
> > >  static void *
> > > -__iommu_alloc_remap(struct page **pages, size_t size, gfp_t gfp, pgprot_t prot)
> > > +__iommu_alloc_remap(struct page **pages, size_t size, gfp_t gfp, pgprot_t prot,
> > > +                   const void *caller)
> > >  {
> > > -       struct arm_vmregion *c;
> > > -       size_t align;
> > > -       size_t count = size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
> > > -       int bit;
> > > +       unsigned int i, nr_pages = PAGE_ALIGN(size) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
> > > +       struct vm_struct *area;
> > > +       unsigned long p;
> > >
> > > -       if (!consistent_pte[0]) {
> > > -               pr_err("%s: not initialised\n", __func__);
> > > -               dump_stack();
> > > +       area = get_vm_area_caller(size, VM_ARM_DMA_CONSISTENT | VM_USERMAP,
> > > +                                 caller);
> > > +       if (!area)
> >
> > This patch replaced the custom "consistent_pte" with
> > get_vm_area_caller()", which breaks the compatibility with the
> > existing driver. This causes the following kernel oops(*1). That
> > driver has called dma_pool_alloc() to allocate memory from the
> > interrupt context, and it hits BUG_ON(in_interrpt()) in
> > "get_vm_area_caller()"(*2). Regardless of the badness of allocation
> > from interrupt handler in the driver, I have the following question.
> >
> > The following "__get_vm_area_node()" can take gfp_mask, it means that
> > this function is expected to be called from atomic context, but why
> > it's _NOT_ allowed _ONLY_ from interrupt context?
> >
> > According to the following definitions, "in_interrupt()" is in "in_atomic()".
> >
> > #define in_interrupt()	(preempt_count() & (HARDIRQ_MASK | SOFTIRQ_MASK | NMI_MASK))
> > #define in_atomic()	((preempt_count() & ~PREEMPT_ACTIVE) != 0)
> >
> > Does anyone know why BUG_ON(in_interrupt()) is set in __get_vm_area_node(*3)?
> 
> For arm_dma_alloc(), it allocates from the pool if GFP_ATOMIC, but for
> arm_iommu_alloc_attrs() doesn't have pre-allocate pool at all, and it
> always call "get_vm_area_caller()". That's why it hits BUG(). But
> still I don't understand why it's not BUG_ON(in_atomic) as Russell
> already pointed out(*1).
> 
> *1: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.mm/76708

Ok, now I see the problem. I will try to find out a solution for your issue.

Best regards
-- 
Marek Szyprowski
Samsung Poland R&D Center