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| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/dma/swiotlb.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c b/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c index 01637677736f..fd5dacd0628d 100644 --- a/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c +++ b/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c @@ -1296,11 +1296,13 @@ phys_addr_t swiotlb_tbl_map_single(struct device *dev, phys_addr_t orig_addr, pool->slots[index + i].orig_addr = slot_addr(orig_addr, i); tlb_addr = slot_addr(pool->start, index) + offset; /* - * When dir == DMA_FROM_DEVICE we could omit the copy from the orig - * to the tlb buffer, if we knew for sure the device will - * overwrite the entire current content. But we don't. Thus - * unconditional bounce may prevent leaking swiotlb content (i.e. - * kernel memory) to user-space. + * When the device is writing memory, i.e. dir == DMA_FROM_DEVICE, copy + * the original buffer to the TLB buffer before initiating DMA in order + * to preserve the original's data if the device does a partial write, + * i.e. if the device doesn't overwrite the entire buffer. Preserving + * the original data, even if it's garbage, is necessary to match + * hardware behavior. Use of swiotlb is supposed to be transparent, + * i.e. swiotlb must not corrupt memory by clobbering unwritten bytes. */ swiotlb_bounce(dev, tlb_addr, mapping_size, DMA_TO_DEVICE); return tlb_addr; |