Re: [Linux-usb-users] Possible bug in usb storage (2.6.11 kernel)

[Jim Ramsay]

On 9/8/05, Matthew Dharm <mdharm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 11:14:36AM -0600, Jim Ramsay wrote:
> > I think I have found a possible bug:
> > [...]
> > I suppose the scsi code could be changed to guarantee that
> > srb->request_buffer is page-aligned or cache-aligned, but that seems
> > like the wrong solution for this bug.
> 
> Fixing the SCSI layer is -exactly- the correct solution.  The SCSI layer is
> supposed to guarantee us that those buffers are suitable for DMA'ing, and
> apparently it's violating that promise.

Thanks, I'll check on what buffer I'm actually getting, where it's
allocated, and post back what I find, or how I fixed it.

-- 
Jim Ramsay
"Me fail English?  That's unpossible!"
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