On Sun, Oct 21, 2007 at 09:42:09PM -0400, Rik van Riel wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 03:05:05 +0200
> Roel Kluin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> >     return hidden bug
> >     
> >     Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/pci_iommu.c
> > b/arch/alpha/kernel/pci_iommu.c index e1c4707..6a69425 100644
> > --- a/arch/alpha/kernel/pci_iommu.c
> > +++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/pci_iommu.c
> > @@ -365,8 +365,8 @@ pci_unmap_single(struct pci_dev *pdev, dma_addr_t
> > dma_addr, size_t size, printk(KERN_ERR "Bogus pci_unmap_single:
> > dma_addr %lx " " base %lx size %x\n", dma_addr, arena->dma_base,
> >                    arena->size);
> > -           return;
> >             BUG();
> > +           return;
> >     }
> >  
> >     npages = calc_npages((dma_addr & ~PAGE_MASK) + size);
> 
> BUG() will terminate the process that runs into it, so you can
> just remove the return alltogether.  If BUG() is hit, the return
> will never be reached.

Looking at the printk, I don't think this particular error ought to
forcefully kill things.

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