[PATCH] dma-debug: add comment for failed to check map error

From: Miles Chen
Date: Mon Jan 16 2017 - 22:05:35 EST


Add comment for failed to check map error to help driver
developers.

Signed-off-by: Miles Chen <miles.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
lib/dma-debug.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/dma-debug.c b/lib/dma-debug.c
index 8971370..60c57ec 100644
--- a/lib/dma-debug.c
+++ b/lib/dma-debug.c
@@ -1155,6 +1155,11 @@ static void check_unmap(struct dma_debug_entry *ref)
dir2name[ref->direction]);
}

+ /*
+ * Drivers should use dma_mapping_error() to check the returned
+ * addresses of dma_map_single() and dma_map_page().
+ * If not, print this warning message. See Documentation/DMA-API.txt.
+ */
if (entry->map_err_type == MAP_ERR_NOT_CHECKED) {
err_printk(ref->dev, entry,
"DMA-API: device driver failed to check map error"
--
1.9.1