This way an architecture with less than 4G of RAM can support dma_mask smaller than 32-bit without a ZONE_DMA. Apparently that is a common case on powerpc.
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <h...@lst.de> --- kernel/dma/direct.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/dma/direct.c b/kernel/dma/direct.c index 64466b7ef67b..d1e103c6b107 100644 --- a/kernel/dma/direct.c +++ b/kernel/dma/direct.c @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ * * DMA operations that map physical memory directly without using an IOMMU. */ +#include <linux/bootmem.h> /* for max_pfn */ #include <linux/export.h> #include <linux/mm.h> #include <linux/dma-direct.h> @@ -283,21 +284,24 @@ int dma_direct_map_sg(struct device *dev, struct scatterlist *sgl, int nents, return nents; } +/* + * Because 32-bit DMA masks are so common we expect every architecture to be + * able to satisfy them - either by not supporting more physical memory, or by + * providing a ZONE_DMA32. If neither is the case, the architecture needs to + * use an IOMMU instead of the direct mapping. + */ int dma_direct_supported(struct device *dev, u64 mask) { -#ifdef CONFIG_ZONE_DMA - if (mask < phys_to_dma(dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(ARCH_ZONE_DMA_BITS))) - return 0; -#else - /* - * Because 32-bit DMA masks are so common we expect every architecture - * to be able to satisfy them - either by not supporting more physical - * memory, or by providing a ZONE_DMA32. If neither is the case, the - * architecture needs to use an IOMMU instead of the direct mapping. - */ - if (mask < phys_to_dma(dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(32))) + u64 min_mask; + + if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ZONE_DMA)) + min_mask = DMA_BIT_MASK(ARCH_ZONE_DMA_BITS); + else + min_mask = min_t(u64, DMA_BIT_MASK(32), + (max_pfn - 1) << PAGE_SHIFT); + + if (mask >= phys_to_dma(dev, min_mask)) return 0; -#endif return 1; } -- 2.18.0