Re: [PATCH 1/1] EFI iounpam fix for acpi_os_unmap_memory

Andrew Morton <[email protected]> writes:

>  
>  void acpi_os_unmap_memory(void __iomem * virt, acpi_size size)
>  {
> +	/* Don't unmap memory which was not mapped by acpi_os_map_memory */
> +	if (efi_enabled &&
> +	    (efi_mem_attributes(virt_to_phys(virt)) & EFI_MEMORY_WB))
> +		return;


The patch is wrong because if the address came from ioremap 
virt_to_phys doesn't give the real physical address. Also looking
at acpi_os_map_memory it doesn't quite match the logic there.

One working way to check for ioremap memory is 
virt >= VMALLOC_START  && virt < VMALLOC_END

-Andi

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