Re: [PATCH v2] dma-debug: New interfaces to debug dma mapping errors

[Shuah Khan <shuah.khan@hp.com>]

Hi Joerg,

On Thu, 2012-09-27 at 12:20 +0200, Joerg Roedel wrote:
> Hi Shuah,
> 
> the patch looks better then the older versions. It comes closer to a
> merge, but I see one issue here:
> 
> On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 07:05:17PM -0600, Shuah Khan wrote:
> > debug_dma_mapping_error(struct device *dev, dma_addr_t dma_addr):
> > 	Sets dma map error checked status for the dma map entry if one is
> > 	found. Decrements the system wide dma_map_errors_not_checked counter
> > 	that is incremented by debug_dma_map_page() when it checks for
> > 	mapping error before adding it to the dma debug entry table.
> 
> It is problematic that the DMA debug code can no longer call
> dma_mapping_error because of this. How about adding a special version of
> that function which does no checking and use it in the DMA debug code
> instead?

Yes. Konrad expressed the same concern and I understand the reasons.
Defining a special version of dma_mapping_error() will eliminate the
problem that prevents this routine being used from dma-debug api. Will
do that. Working on a v3 patch to fix this problem as well as the other
review comments from Konrad. Hoping I can have it ready in by the end of
this week(end)

Thanks,
-- Shuah