arm_dma_zone_size is used by arm_bootmem_free() which is called by paging_init(). Thus it needs to be set before calling it. Signed-off-by: Arnaud Patard Acked-by: Nicolas Pitre CC: stable@kernel.org Index: linux-2.6/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c 2011-12-08 22:17:01.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c 2011-12-08 22:17:32.000000000 +0100 @@ -911,6 +911,12 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p) machine_desc = mdesc; machine_name = mdesc->name; +#ifdef CONFIG_ZONE_DMA + if (mdesc->dma_zone_size) { + extern unsigned long arm_dma_zone_size; + arm_dma_zone_size = mdesc->dma_zone_size; + } +#endif if (mdesc->restart_mode) reboot_setup(&mdesc->restart_mode); @@ -945,12 +951,6 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p) tcm_init(); -#ifdef CONFIG_ZONE_DMA - if (mdesc->dma_zone_size) { - extern unsigned long arm_dma_zone_size; - arm_dma_zone_size = mdesc->dma_zone_size; - } -#endif #ifdef CONFIG_MULTI_IRQ_HANDLER handle_arch_irq = mdesc->handle_irq; #endif