[PATCHv2 1/2] ARM: dma-mapping: add support for CMA regions placed in highmem zone

[Michal Nazarewicz]

On Mon, Feb 04 2013, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 04, 2013 at 02:51:52PM +0100, Michal Nazarewicz wrote:
>> On Mon, Feb 04 2013, Marek Szyprowski wrote:
>> > @@ -186,13 +186,24 @@ static u64 get_coherent_dma_mask(struct device *dev)
>> >  
>> >  static void __dma_clear_buffer(struct page *page, size_t size)
>> >  {
>> > -	void *ptr;
>> >  	/*
>> >  	 * Ensure that the allocated pages are zeroed, and that any data
>> >  	 * lurking in the kernel direct-mapped region is invalidated.
>> >  	 */
>> > -	ptr = page_address(page);
>> > -	if (ptr) {
>> > +	if (PageHighMem(page)) {
>> > +		phys_addr_t base = __pfn_to_phys(page_to_pfn(page));
>> > +		phys_addr_t end = base + size;
>> > +		while (size > 0) {
>> > +			void *ptr = kmap_atomic(page);
>> > +			memset(ptr, 0, PAGE_SIZE);
>> > +			dmac_flush_range(ptr, ptr + PAGE_SIZE);
>> > +			kunmap_atomic(ptr);
>> > +			page++;
>> > +			size -= PAGE_SIZE;
>> > +		}
>> > +		outer_flush_range(base, end);
>> > +	} else {
>> > +		void *ptr = page_address(page);
>> 
>> There used to be a “if (ptr)” check which is now missing.  Why is that?
>
> Because lowmem pages always have an address.

Perhaps it should use lowmem_page_address() then?

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