> -----Original Message----- > From: David Cohen [mailto:david.co...@nokia.com] > Sent: Friday, October 01, 2010 5:57 AM > To: Guzman Lugo, Fernando > Cc: Doyu Hiroshi (Nokia-MS/Espoo); Contreras Felipe > (Nokia-MS/Helsinki); Palande Ameya (Nokia-MS/Helsinki); > linux-ker...@vger.kernel.org; andy.shevche...@gmail.com; > linux-omap@vger.kernel.org > Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] iovmm: fix roundup for next area and > end check for the last area > > Hi, > > On Fri, Oct 01, 2010 at 05:08:53AM +0200, ext Fernando Guzman > Lugo wrote: > > As da_end does not belongs to the area the roundup should > be done to > > da_end and not to da_end + 1. > > Also the end check for the last area should be ULONG_MAX - > start + 1 > > >= bytes. > > > > Signed-off-by: Fernando Guzman Lugo <x0095...@ti.com> > > --- > > arch/arm/plat-omap/iovmm.c | 6 +++--- > > 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-omap/iovmm.c > b/arch/arm/plat-omap/iovmm.c > > index 24ca9c4..fc6b109 100644 > > --- a/arch/arm/plat-omap/iovmm.c > > +++ b/arch/arm/plat-omap/iovmm.c > > @@ -289,19 +289,19 @@ static struct iovm_struct > *alloc_iovm_area(struct iommu *obj, u32 da, > > prev_end = 0; > > list_for_each_entry(tmp, &obj->mmap, list) { > > > > - if (prev_end >= start) > > + if (prev_end > start) > > break; > > > > if (start + bytes <= tmp->da_start) > > goto found; > > > > if (flags & IOVMF_DA_ANON) > > - start = roundup(tmp->da_end + 1, alignement); > > + start = roundup(tmp->da_end, alignement); > > There's a lack of comment here, but the purpose of > tmp->da_end + 1 is to create a gap between iovm areas to > force to trigger iommu faults when some access exceeds a > valid area. Without this gap, such situation may produce data > corruption which is much more difficult to track.
That only works when you are accessing sequencially beyond the End of the vm_area. However if you are accessing a random address Which is in the mmu tables you still can corrupt memory which does Not belong to you. That looks not very effective then why waste Memory? Maybe other mechanism should be implemente like in the process Switching when if the process has DMM virtual memory area and if So enablig only that area (all other process areas will be Dissabled and it would get a mmufault in case of access). However That increase the time of switching between process. Regards, Fernando. > > Br, > > David > > > > > prev_end = tmp->da_end; > > } > > > > - if ((start > prev_end) && (ULONG_MAX - start >= bytes)) > > + if ((start >= prev_end) && (ULONG_MAX - start + 1 >= bytes)) > > goto found; > > > > dev_dbg(obj->dev, "%s: no space to fit %08x(%x) flags: %08x\n", > > -- > > 1.6.3.3 > > > > -- > > 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/ > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-omap" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html