tip/x86/dma fix for arc and s390 (at least)

tip/x86/dma fix for arc and s390 (at least)

[Christoph Hellwig]

Hi all,

this restores previous __GFP_ZERO passthrough behavior for now as arc and
s390 rely on it.  Needs more work to sort out the API mess in the long run.

[PATCH] dma-mapping: don't clear GFP_ZERO in dma_alloc_attrs

[Christoph Hellwig]

Revert the clearing of __GFP_ZERO in dma_alloc_attrs and move it to
dma_direct_alloc for now.  While most common architectures always zero dma
cohereny allocations (and x86 did so since day one) this is not documented
and at least arc and s390 do not zero without the explicit __GFP_ZERO
argument.

Fixes: 57bf5a8963f8 ("dma-mapping: clear harmful GFP_* flags in common code")
Reported-by: Evgeniy Didin <Evgeniy.Didin-HKixBCOQz3hWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
Reported-by: Sebastian Ott <sebott-23VcF4HTsmIX0ybBhKVfKdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch-jcswGhMUV9g@public.gmane.org>
---
 include/linux/dma-mapping.h | 8 ++------
 lib/dma-direct.c            | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/dma-mapping.h b/include/linux/dma-mapping.h
index eb9eab4ecd6d..12fedcba9a9a 100644
--- a/include/linux/dma-mapping.h
+++ b/include/linux/dma-mapping.h
@@ -518,12 +518,8 @@ static inline void *dma_alloc_attrs(struct device *dev, size_t size,
 	if (dma_alloc_from_dev_coherent(dev, size, dma_handle, &cpu_addr))
 		return cpu_addr;
 
-	/*
-	 * Let the implementation decide on the zone to allocate from, and
-	 * decide on the way of zeroing the memory given that the memory
-	 * returned should always be zeroed.
-	 */
-	flag &= ~(__GFP_DMA | __GFP_DMA32 | __GFP_HIGHMEM | __GFP_ZERO);
+	/* let the implementation decide on the zone to allocate from: */
+	flag &= ~(__GFP_DMA | __GFP_DMA32 | __GFP_HIGHMEM);
 
 	if (!arch_dma_alloc_attrs(&dev, &flag))
 		return NULL;
diff --git a/lib/dma-direct.c b/lib/dma-direct.c
index 1277d293d4da..c0bba30fef0a 100644
--- a/lib/dma-direct.c
+++ b/lib/dma-direct.c
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ void *dma_direct_alloc(struct device *dev, size_t size, dma_addr_t *dma_handle,
 	struct page *page = NULL;
 	void *ret;
 
+	/* we always manually zero the memory once we are done: */
+	gfp &= ~__GFP_ZERO;
+
 	/* GFP_DMA32 and GFP_DMA are no ops without the corresponding zones: */
 	if (dev->coherent_dma_mask <= DMA_BIT_MASK(ARCH_ZONE_DMA_BITS))
 		gfp |= GFP_DMA;
-- 
2.14.2

Re: [PATCH] dma-mapping: don't clear GFP_ZERO in dma_alloc_attrs

[Evgeniy Didin]

Adding linux-snps and linux-arch mailing lists.

> Revert the clearing of __GFP_ZERO in dma_alloc_attrs and move it to
> dma_direct_alloc for now.  While most common architectures always zero dma
> cohereny allocations (and x86 did so since day one) this is not documented
> and at least arc and s390 do not zero without the explicit __GFP_ZERO
> argument.
This patch fixed Ethernet issues on ARC HSDK.
https://www.spinics.net/lists/kernel/msg2762054.html

Tested-by: Evgeniy Didin <Evgeniy.Didin@synopsys.com>
> Fixes: 57bf5a8963f8 ("dma-mapping: clear harmful GFP_* flags in common code")
> Reported-by: Evgeniy Didin <Evgeniy.Didin@synopsys.com>
> Reported-by: Sebastian Ott <sebott@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
> ---
>  include/linux/dma-mapping.h | 8 ++------
>  lib/dma-direct.c            | 3 +++
>  2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/dma-mapping.h b/include/linux/dma-mapping.h
> index eb9eab4ecd6d..12fedcba9a9a 100644
> --- a/include/linux/dma-mapping.h
> +++ b/include/linux/dma-mapping.h
> @@ -518,12 +518,8 @@ static inline void *dma_alloc_attrs(struct device *dev, size_t size,
>  	if (dma_alloc_from_dev_coherent(dev, size, dma_handle, &cpu_addr))
>  		return cpu_addr;
>  
> -	/*
> -	 * Let the implementation decide on the zone to allocate from, and
> -	 * decide on the way of zeroing the memory given that the memory
> -	 * returned should always be zeroed.
> -	 */
> -	flag &= ~(__GFP_DMA | __GFP_DMA32 | __GFP_HIGHMEM | __GFP_ZERO);
> +	/* let the implementation decide on the zone to allocate from: */
> +	flag &= ~(__GFP_DMA | __GFP_DMA32 | __GFP_HIGHMEM);
> 
>  	if (!arch_dma_alloc_attrs(&dev, &flag))
>  		return NULL;
> diff --git a/lib/dma-direct.c b/lib/dma-direct.c
> index 1277d293d4da..c0bba30fef0a 100644
> --- a/lib/dma-direct.c
> +++ b/lib/dma-direct.c
> @@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ void *dma_direct_alloc(struct device *dev, size_t size, dma_addr_t *dma_handle,
>  	struct page *page = NULL;
>  	void *ret;
>  
> +	/* we always manually zero the memory once we are done: */
> +	gfp &= ~__GFP_ZERO;
> +
>  	/* GFP_DMA32 and GFP_DMA are no ops without the corresponding zones: */
>  	if (dev->coherent_dma_mask <= DMA_BIT_MASK(ARCH_ZONE_DMA_BITS))
>  		gfp |= GFP_DMA;
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dma-mapping: clear harmful GFP_* flags in common code

[Alexey Brodkin]

Hello,

May we have
e89f5b370153 ("dma-mapping: Don't clear GFP_ZERO in dma_alloc_attrs")
back-ported to 4.16 kernel as it fixes:

57bf5a8 ("dma-mapping: clear harmful GFP_* flags in common code").

For more info about introduced problem see this thread:
http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-snps-arc/2018-March/003652.html

-Alexey