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From: linux@arm.linux.org.uk (Russell King - ARM Linux)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Hit BUG_ON in dma-mapping.c:425
Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 16:55:51 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110105165551.GE8638@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4D24A108.2080609@atmel.com>

On Wed, Jan 05, 2011 at 05:49:12PM +0100, Nicolas Ferre wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> While running mtd_stresstest on a dataflash (atmel_spi 
> + mtd_dataflash drivers) I hit the BUG_ON directive that 
> is at the beginning of ___dma_single_cpu_to_dev() function.
> This function is called from the SPI driver that do a 
> dma_map_single() before DMA operations on the buffer 
> transmitted from upper layers.
> 
> It seems that this address is above "high_memory" limit because 
> it is allocated by vmalloc (in mtd_stresstest.c:285)...

Well, its telling you is that you're not allowed to DMA to vmalloc
addresses.  Whether that's the fault of the map driver or not is a
question for mtd folk.

  reply	other threads:[~2011-01-05 16:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-01-05 16:49 Hit BUG_ON in dma-mapping.c:425 Nicolas Ferre
2011-01-05 16:55 ` Russell King - ARM Linux [this message]
2011-01-06 10:38   ` Nicolas Ferre
2011-01-06 11:19     ` Artem Bityutskiy
2011-03-24  8:18 ` Hit BUG_ON in dma-mapping.c:425 (RFC) Nicolas Ferre
2011-03-24  8:25   ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-03-24  8:36     ` Artem Bityutskiy
2011-03-24  9:27       ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-03-24  9:41         ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-03-24 11:08         ` Artem Bityutskiy

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