From: <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: linux@weissschuh.net,linux@roeck-us.net
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] hwmon: (powerz) Avoid cacheline sharing for DMA buffer" failed to apply to 6.18-stable tree
Date: Fri, 01 May 2026 14:25:59 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2026050159-extinct-precision-0d22@gregkh> (raw)
The patch below does not apply to the 6.18-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.
To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:
git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.18.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 3023c050af3600bf451153335dea5e073c9a3088
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026050159-extinct-precision-0d22@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.18.y' HEAD^..
Possible dependencies:
thanks,
greg k-h
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
From 3023c050af3600bf451153335dea5e073c9a3088 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Thomas=20Wei=C3=9Fschuh?= <linux@weissschuh.net>
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2026 20:45:50 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] hwmon: (powerz) Avoid cacheline sharing for DMA buffer
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Depending on the architecture the transfer buffer may share a cacheline
with the following mutex. As the buffer may be used for DMA, that is
problematic.
Use the high-level DMA helpers to make sure that cacheline sharing can
not happen.
Also drop the comment, as the helpers are documentation enough.
https://sashiko.dev/#/message/20260408175814.934BFC19421%40smtp.kernel.org
Fixes: 4381a36abdf1c ("hwmon: add POWER-Z driver")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # ca085faabb42: dma-mapping: add __dma_from_device_group_begin()/end()
Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260408-powerz-cacheline-alias-v1-1-1254891be0dd@weissschuh.net
Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/powerz.c b/drivers/hwmon/powerz.c
index 96438f5f05d4..6e1359144cab 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/powerz.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/powerz.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
#include <linux/completion.h>
#include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
#include <linux/hwmon.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/mutex.h>
@@ -33,7 +34,9 @@ struct powerz_sensor_data {
} __packed;
struct powerz_priv {
- char transfer_buffer[64]; /* first member to satisfy DMA alignment */
+ __dma_from_device_group_begin();
+ char transfer_buffer[64];
+ __dma_from_device_group_end();
struct mutex mutex;
struct completion completion;
struct urb *urb;
next reply other threads:[~2026-05-01 12:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-01 12:25 gregkh [this message]
2026-05-05 0:15 ` [PATCH 6.18.y 1/2] dma-mapping: add __dma_from_device_group_begin()/end() Sasha Levin
2026-05-05 0:15 ` [PATCH 6.18.y 2/2] hwmon: (powerz) Avoid cacheline sharing for DMA buffer Sasha Levin
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