The raw page allocated in lo_send() can be a highmem page, so kmap(page) should be used for read/write on the page.
Also the patch removes kmap()/kunmap() in lo_send() because it isn't needed at all. Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming....@canonical.com> --- drivers/block/loop.c | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c index d1f168b..965f117 100644 --- a/drivers/block/loop.c +++ b/drivers/block/loop.c @@ -275,10 +275,13 @@ static int do_lo_send_write(struct loop_device *lo, struct bio_vec *bvec, { int ret = lo_do_transfer(lo, WRITE, page, 0, bvec->bv_page, bvec->bv_offset, bvec->bv_len, pos >> 9); - if (likely(!ret)) - return __do_lo_send_write(lo->lo_backing_file, - page_address(page), bvec->bv_len, + if (likely(!ret)) { + ret = __do_lo_send_write(lo->lo_backing_file, + kmap(page), bvec->bv_len, pos); + kunmap(page); + return ret; + } printk_ratelimited(KERN_ERR "loop: Transfer error at byte offset %llu, " "length %i.\n", (unsigned long long)pos, bvec->bv_len); if (ret > 0) @@ -299,7 +302,6 @@ static int lo_send(struct loop_device *lo, struct request *rq, loff_t pos) page = alloc_page(GFP_NOIO | __GFP_HIGHMEM); if (unlikely(!page)) goto fail; - kmap(page); do_lo_send = do_lo_send_write; } else { do_lo_send = do_lo_send_direct_write; @@ -312,7 +314,6 @@ static int lo_send(struct loop_device *lo, struct request *rq, loff_t pos) pos += bvec.bv_len; } if (page) { - kunmap(page); __free_page(page); } out: -- 1.7.9.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/