Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757968AbZLOKzW (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:55:22 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756790AbZLOKzU (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:55:20 -0500 Received: from novprvlin0050.provo.novell.com ([137.65.248.33]:11360 "EHLO novprvlin0050.provo.novell.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753219AbZLOKzT convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:55:19 -0500 X-Greylist: delayed 1203 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:55:19 EST Message-Id: <4B274A9A020000860004B505@novprvlin0050.provo.novell.com> X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 8.0.1 Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:36:42 -0700 From: "Leonardo Chiquitto" To: , "FUJITA Tomonori" , Cc: Subject: Re: [PATCH] ia64: fix SBA IOMMU to handle allocation failure properly References: <20091018140631K.fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp> In-Reply-To: <20091018140631K.fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1247 Lines: 35 >>> On 10/18/2009 at 03:07 AM, in message <20091018140631K.fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp>, FUJITA Tomonori wrote: > This is an updated patch of the patch that I've posted one year > ago. Shehjar reported the problem and confirmed that the patch fixes > it: > > http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0811.0/01562.html > > Leonardo told me that he hit the same problem and confirmed that the > patch fixes it. > > = > From: FUJITA Tomonori > Subject: [PATCH] ia64: fix SBA IOMMU to handle allocation failure properly > > It's possible that SBA IOMMU might fail to find I/O space under heavy > I/Os. SBA IOMMU panics on allocation failure but it shouldn't; drivers > can handle the failure. The majority of other IOMMU drivers don't > panic on allocation failure. > > This patch fixes SBA IOMMU path to handle allocation failure properly. Hello, Please, any chance to have this patch committed to 2.6.33? Thanks, Leonardo -- 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/