Re: [PATCH] intel-agp: Avoid oops for G33 on 1MB stolen case

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Mon Oct 20 2008 - 17:22:32 EST


On Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:58:17 -0700
Brandon Philips <bphilips@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> This is similar to f443675affe3f16dd428e46f0f7fd3f4d703eeab which was
> reverted because it broke older X.org driver. This patch only fixes
> the 1MB stolen case since it causes an oops.
>
> Xorg will not work without the accompanying patch[1] but avoiding an
> oops and making it possible to work with patched xorg driver is
> reasonable.
>
> [1] http://ifup.org/~philips/review/xf86-video-intel-G33-1mb.patch
>
> Explanation of the oops:
>
> > static void intel_i830_init_gtt_entries(void)
> ...
> > } else if (IS_G33) {
> > /* G33's GTT size defined in gmch_ctrl */
> > switch (gmch_ctrl & G33_PGETBL_SIZE_MASK) {
> > case G33_PGETBL_SIZE_1M:
> > size = 1024;
> > break;
> ...
> > size += 4;
>
> size = 1028
>
> Then since we have the BIOS setting 1MB for the device in the GMCH
> control we get to here:
>
> > } else {
> > switch (gmch_ctrl & I855_GMCH_GMS_MASK) {
> > case I855_GMCH_GMS_STOLEN_1M:
> > gtt_entries = MB(1) - KB(size);
> > break;
>
> MB(1) = 1 * 1024 * 1024
> KB(1028) = 1028 * 1024
>
> MB(1) - KB(1028) = -4096
>
> > gtt_entries /= KB(4);
> > intel_private.gtt_entries = gtt_entries;
>
> We end up with -1 in gtt_entries.
>
> This leads to intel_i915_configure reading/writing to areas outside of
> mapped memory and the oops.
>
> Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=391261
>
> Signed-off-by: Brandon Philips <bphilips@xxxxxxx>
>
> ---
> drivers/char/agp/intel-agp.c | 8 ++++++++
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
>
> Index: linux-2.6/drivers/char/agp/intel-agp.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/char/agp/intel-agp.c
> +++ linux-2.6/drivers/char/agp/intel-agp.c
> @@ -559,6 +559,14 @@ static void intel_i830_init_gtt_entries(
> } else {
> switch (gmch_ctrl & I855_GMCH_GMS_MASK) {
> case I855_GMCH_GMS_STOLEN_1M:
> + if (IS_G33) {
> + size = 0;
> + printk(KERN_WARNING PFX
> + "Warning: G33 chipset with 1MB"
> + " allocated. Older X.org Intel drivers"
> + " will not work.\n");
> + WARN_ON(1);
> + }
> gtt_entries = MB(1) - KB(size);
> break;
> case I855_GMCH_GMS_STOLEN_4M:

Is the bug which this patch addresses present in the 2.6.27 kernel?

Thanks.
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