Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751671AbWCBSt3 (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Mar 2006 13:49:29 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752030AbWCBSt3 (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Mar 2006 13:49:29 -0500 Received: from ns.virtualhost.dk ([195.184.98.160]:58378 "EHLO virtualhost.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751671AbWCBSt2 (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Mar 2006 13:49:28 -0500 Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 19:49:02 +0100 From: Jens Axboe To: "linux-os (Dick Johnson)" Cc: "Ju, Seokmann" , "Ju, Seokmann" , Linux kernel , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Question: how to map SCSI data DMA address to virtual address? Message-ID: <20060302184902.GW4329@suse.de> References: <9738BCBE884FDB42801FAD8A7769C2651420C1@NAMAIL1.ad.lsil.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1270 Lines: 40 On Thu, Mar 02 2006, linux-os (Dick Johnson) wrote: > > On Thu, 2 Mar 2006, Ju, Seokmann wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > In the 'scsi_cmnd' structure, there are two entries holding address > > information for data to be transferred. One is 'request_buffer' and the > > other one is 'buffer'. > > In case of 'use_sg' is non-zero, those entries indicates the address of > > the scatter-gather table. > > > > Is there way to get virtual address (so that the data could be accessed > > by the driver) of the actual data in the case of 'use_sg' is non-zero? > > > > Any comments would be appreciated. > > > > > > Thank you, > > > > Seokmann > > - > > There is a macro for this purpose. However, for experiments, in > the kernel, you can add PAGE_OFFSET (0xC00000000) to get the virtual > address. The macro is __va(a), its inverse is __pa(a). > > Careful. These things can change. Bzzt no, this wont work if an iommu is involved. It also wont work if the page doesn't have a virtual address mapping (think highmem). -- Jens Axboe - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/