Re: [stable] [PATCH 1/7] Intel pci: Check for identity mapping candidate using system dma mask

[Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>]

On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 08:32:22PM -0500, Mike Travis wrote:
> 	The identity mapping code appears to make the assumption that
> 	if the devices dma_mask is greater than 32bits the device can
> 	use identity mapping.  But that is not true, take the case 
> 	where we have a 40bit device in a 44bit architecture.  The
> 	device can potentially receive a physical address that it
> 	will truncate and cause incorrect addresses to be used.
> 
> 	Instead check to see if the device's dma_mask is large enough
> 	to address the system's dma_mask.
> 
> From: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org>
> Signed-off-by: Mike Travis <travis@sgi.com>
> Reviewed-by: Mike Habeck <habeck@sgi.com>
> ---
>  drivers/pci/intel-iommu.c |   15 +++++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

<formletter>

This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
stable kernel tree.  Please read Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
for how to do this properly.

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I'll not send this out for the other 6 patches that also do not follow
the proper format, as I'm sure you would get bored reading them.