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dma_get_sgtable() tries to create a scatterlist table containing valid struct page pointers for the coherent memory allocation passed in to it. However, memory can be declared via dma_declare_coherent_memory(), or via other reservation schemes which means that coherent memory is not guaranteed to be backed by struct pages. In such cases, the resulting scatterlist table contains pointers to invalid pages, which causes kernel oops later. This patch adds detection of such memory, and refuses to create a scatterlist table for such memory. Reported-by: Shuah Khan <shuahkhan@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk>
Linux kernel ============ This file was moved to Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst Please notice that there are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs``. There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory, several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation. See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file. Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.