* FAILED: patch "[PATCH] s390/cio: Restore GFP_DMA for CHSC allocation" failed to apply to 6.18-stable tree
@ 2026-05-28 11:46 gregkh
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From: gregkh @ 2026-05-28 11:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: oberpar, agordeev, hca; +Cc: stable
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 ea34567db0a6b3a7ce78ba421592344315c8f90e
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026052823-pavement-affirm-22a2@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.18.y' HEAD^..
Possible dependencies:
thanks,
greg k-h
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
From ea34567db0a6b3a7ce78ba421592344315c8f90e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@linux.ibm.com>
Date: Thu, 7 May 2026 16:27:08 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] s390/cio: Restore GFP_DMA for CHSC allocation
Re-add GFP_DMA when allocating memory for CHSC control blocks.
On some supported machines, CHSC cannot access memory outside
the DMA zone, causing CHSC command failures.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: a3a64a4def8d ("s390/cio: remove unneeded DMA zone allocation")
Signed-off-by: Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@linux.ibm.com>
diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/chsc.c b/drivers/s390/cio/chsc.c
index fbb58edd6274..9689f722c863 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/chsc.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/chsc.c
@@ -1142,8 +1142,8 @@ int __init chsc_init(void)
{
int ret;
- sei_page = (void *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL);
- chsc_page = (void *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+ sei_page = (void *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA);
+ chsc_page = (void *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA);
if (!sei_page || !chsc_page) {
ret = -ENOMEM;
goto out_err;
diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/chsc_sch.c b/drivers/s390/cio/chsc_sch.c
index 73413417a2ce..b6cb8bb8bcc4 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/chsc_sch.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/chsc_sch.c
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ static int chsc_ioctl_start(void __user *user_area)
if (!css_general_characteristics.dynio)
/* It makes no sense to try. */
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
- chsc_area = (void *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+ chsc_area = (void *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_DMA | GFP_KERNEL);
if (!chsc_area)
return -ENOMEM;
request = kzalloc_obj(*request);
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ static int chsc_ioctl_on_close_set(void __user *user_area)
ret = -ENOMEM;
goto out_unlock;
}
- on_close_chsc_area = (void *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+ on_close_chsc_area = (void *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_DMA | GFP_KERNEL);
if (!on_close_chsc_area) {
ret = -ENOMEM;
goto out_free_request;
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ static int chsc_ioctl_start_sync(void __user *user_area)
struct chsc_sync_area *chsc_area;
int ret, ccode;
- chsc_area = (void *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+ chsc_area = (void *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA);
if (!chsc_area)
return -ENOMEM;
if (copy_from_user(chsc_area, user_area, PAGE_SIZE)) {
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ static int chsc_ioctl_info_channel_path(void __user *user_cd)
u8 data[PAGE_SIZE - 20];
} __attribute__ ((packed)) *scpcd_area;
- scpcd_area = (void *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+ scpcd_area = (void *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA);
if (!scpcd_area)
return -ENOMEM;
cd = kzalloc_obj(*cd);
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ static int chsc_ioctl_info_cu(void __user *user_cd)
u8 data[PAGE_SIZE - 20];
} __attribute__ ((packed)) *scucd_area;
- scucd_area = (void *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+ scucd_area = (void *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA);
if (!scucd_area)
return -ENOMEM;
cd = kzalloc_obj(*cd);
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ static int chsc_ioctl_info_sch_cu(void __user *user_cud)
u8 data[PAGE_SIZE - 20];
} __attribute__ ((packed)) *sscud_area;
- sscud_area = (void *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+ sscud_area = (void *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA);
if (!sscud_area)
return -ENOMEM;
cud = kzalloc_obj(*cud);
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ static int chsc_ioctl_conf_info(void __user *user_ci)
u8 data[PAGE_SIZE - 20];
} __attribute__ ((packed)) *sci_area;
- sci_area = (void *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+ sci_area = (void *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA);
if (!sci_area)
return -ENOMEM;
ci = kzalloc_obj(*ci);
@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ static int chsc_ioctl_conf_comp_list(void __user *user_ccl)
u32 res;
} __attribute__ ((packed)) *cssids_parm;
- sccl_area = (void *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+ sccl_area = (void *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA);
if (!sccl_area)
return -ENOMEM;
ccl = kzalloc_obj(*ccl);
@@ -756,7 +756,7 @@ static int chsc_ioctl_chpd(void __user *user_chpd)
int ret;
chpd = kzalloc_obj(*chpd);
- scpd_area = (void *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+ scpd_area = (void *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA);
if (!scpd_area || !chpd) {
ret = -ENOMEM;
goto out_free;
@@ -796,7 +796,7 @@ static int chsc_ioctl_dcal(void __user *user_dcal)
u8 data[PAGE_SIZE - 36];
} __attribute__ ((packed)) *sdcal_area;
- sdcal_area = (void *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+ sdcal_area = (void *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA);
if (!sdcal_area)
return -ENOMEM;
dcal = kzalloc_obj(*dcal);
diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/scm.c b/drivers/s390/cio/scm.c
index d13ed1011c03..171212a6d2d9 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/scm.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/scm.c
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ int scm_update_information(void)
size_t num;
int ret;
- scm_info = (void *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+ scm_info = (void *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA);
if (!scm_info)
return -ENOMEM;
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