Bug 534161

Summary: Unloading sym53c8xx driver causes ___free_dma_mem_cluster warnings
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Wolfgang Denk <wd>
Component: kernelAssignee: Kernel Maintainer List <kernel-maint>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 15CC: gansalmon, itamar, kernel-maint, sgruszka
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Log file with Fedora 13 - 2.6.33.5-112.fc13.i686.PAE none

Description Wolfgang Denk 2009-11-10 18:58:14 UTC
Description of problem:

When unloading the sym53c8xx driver a number of kernel warning messages are printed.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

2.6.30.8-64.fc11.i686.PAE

How reproducible:

Always.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. modprobe  sym53c8xx
2. rmmod sym53c8xx
3.
  
Actual results:

see attached log file

Expected results:

no such warnings

Additional info:

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Comment 2 Bug Zapper 2010-06-28 15:26:10 UTC
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Comment 3 Wolfgang Denk 2010-06-29 08:45:43 UTC
Created attachment 427610 [details]
Log file with Fedora 13 - 2.6.33.5-112.fc13.i686.PAE

The problem has always been present since I reported it, and is still present even in the most recent kernel versions.

Comment 4 Wolfgang Denk 2010-06-29 08:46:58 UTC
Update for Fedora 13 - problem is NOT solved.

Comment 5 Stanislaw Gruszka 2010-10-03 13:37:31 UTC
I looked at the code (gash, the sym53c8xx_2 is one big mess).

First in __sym_mfree_dma we take spin_lock_irqsave(&sym53c8xx_lock, flags) then after some complex logic call dma_free_coherent(). Since interrupts are disabled WARN_ON(irqs_disabled()) print a message and call trace.

I don't know how to solve it. One solution is move dma_free_coherent after spin_lock_irqrestore in __sys_mfree_dma, but as told logic is quite complex. Second is remove WARN_ON from dma_free_coherent. I have no idea why this warning is there - free_something functions should be callable from any context.

Anyway this is not fixed mainline. Wolfgang, please report problem to proper upstream maintainers. If we get upstream solution, we can put it in fedora then.

Comment 6 Wolfgang Denk 2010-11-16 20:06:25 UTC
I reported it. Seems there is no intention to fix it, though. Please see
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.scsi/63662

Comment 7 Bug Zapper 2011-06-02 17:29:19 UTC
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