Re: [PATCH 2.6.24-rc1] fix sg_phys to use dma_addr_t

[Rolf Eike Beer <eike-kernel@sf-tec.de>]

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Jens Axboe wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 25 2007, Rolf Eike Beer wrote:
> > Jens Axboe wrote:
> > > On Thu, Oct 25 2007, Rolf Eike Beer wrote:
> > > > Am Donnerstag, 25. Oktober 2007 schrieb Arjan van de Ven:
> > > > > > Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>
> > > > > > ---
> > > > > > Whether this is a complete patch, suitable for all architectures,
> > > > > > I'm not sure: it builds, boots and runs correctly on the x86_32
> > > > > > box in question, but you'll be a lot wiser than me about using
> > > > > > dma_addr_t for everyone.  (Seems a bit of a shame to include
> > > > > > <asm/types.h> here, when I think all arches already get to
> > > > > > include it one way or another, typically via asm/scatterlist.h;
> > > > > > but I guess it's safest to repeat it.)
> > > > >
> > > > > there is a problem with this... sg_phys doesn't return an actual
> > > > > *dma* address.... at least not an address you can give to the
> > > > > device. Using dma_addr_t is thus a bit misleading.....
> > > >
> > > > Ok, then: how do I actually get such an address?
> > >
> > > You use the dma mapping api, Documentation/DMA-mapping.txt
> >
> > Which comes back always to the same point: if I get a buffer from
> > userspace to use for DMA: what can I do then? I need to convert a
> > given list of (physical, pinned) pages to DMA addresses.
>
> get_user_pages() -> fill in sg table -> pci/dma_map_sg()

So the answer to the first question should have been sg_dma_address() ;)

Eike

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