RE: [PATCH] IA64: fix VT-d dma_mapping_error

From: Yu, Fenghua
Date: Sun Nov 23 2008 - 01:10:36 EST


>Hmm, intel_dma_mapping_error is used to test only the value that
>intel_map_single() returns. If intel_map_single() returns a non-zero
>dma address, it belongs to hwdev's domain. So intel_dma_mapping_error
>can simply return 1 (failure) if the dma_addr is zero.

Then there is no usage of hwdev which is one of two parameters in intel_dma_mapping_error?

Maybe checking dma_addr only is good enough for the function? At least it's fast to check errors.

Thanks.

-Fenghua
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